struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness
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The dial center suggests the purity of mountain waters and shifts to an intense blue.—Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025 The first is that it was named for the purity of its water.—Tony Perrottet, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Mar. 2025 Elit Vodka, a premium brand produced in Latvia by the Stoli Group, stands out for its exceptional smoothness and purity, achieved through an advanced distillation and filtration process.—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025 But Iran’s nuclear enrichment has reached 60% purity, according to the IAEA — dramatically higher than the enrichment limit posited in the 2015 nuclear deal, and a short technical step from the weapons-grade purity level of 90%.—Natasha Turak, CNBC, 11 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for purity
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Middle English purete, from Anglo-French purité, from Late Latin puritat-, puritas, from Latin purus pure
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