as in innocence
the quality or state of being morally pure
struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness
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Recent Examples of purity
Among the dyes that undergo this purity certification, Red 40 consistently ranks as the one with the highest quantity produced each quarter.
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
Depp goes beyond Ellen’s virginal purity to complicate our understanding of this character’s relationship to darkness — how she is at once disturbed by and deeply intimate with it.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
White’s protagonists are on journeys of discovery, on pilgrimages to purity, simplicity, or humility, understood in the living experience of human fragmentation and wholeness, suffering and redemption, pride and love.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
On the palate, the wine exhibits exceptions intensity, texture, purity and dull bodied finish with velvety, but noticeable tannins.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Alexander Tin, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
Depp goes beyond Ellen’s virginal purity to complicate our understanding of this character’s relationship to darkness — how she is at once disturbed by and deeply intimate with it.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Dec. 2024
White’s protagonists are on journeys of discovery, on pilgrimages to purity, simplicity, or humility, understood in the living experience of human fragmentation and wholeness, suffering and redemption, pride and love.
—Ben Woollard, JSTOR Daily, 4 Dec. 2024
On the palate, the wine exhibits exceptions intensity, texture, purity and dull bodied finish with velvety, but noticeable tannins.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for purity
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Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges, maintains his innocence and has accused Smith of targeting him for political purposes.George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 30 Dec. 2024
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Trump, who has maintained his innocence, argued he was entitled to a new trial.Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 30 Dec. 2024
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Thank goodness the fight is at night or one of them might be put off by a glint of sunlight like receiver CeeDee Lamb.Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 10 Jan. 2025
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Words cannot express how good my skin looked, oh my goodness.Kiana Murden, Vogue, 10 Jan. 2025
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Houston’s odds are enhanced by virtue of their home matchup against the Chargers and then a potential game against a Chiefs team that is analytically penalized for scraping out so many close wins.Jordan Brenner, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Partway through a panel discussion at a recent economics conference in San Francisco, Jason Furman, a former adviser to President Barack Obama, turned to Kimberly Clausing, a former member of the Biden administration and the author of a book extolling the virtues of free trade.Ben Casselman, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2025
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“Purity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purity. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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