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adjective

Definition of filterednext
as in purified

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filtered

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verb

past tense of filter
1
as in strained
to pass through a filter steep the tea and then filter it to get rid of the leaves

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as in refined
to remove usually visible impurities from after frying the chicken, we filtered the oil and kept it in the refrigerator to use again

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  1. strained
  2. refined
  3. pure
  4. screened
  5. undiluted
  6. clarified
  7. unadulterated
  8. uncontaminated
Verb
  • Ukraine may be strained, but Russia is edging the precipice of disaster.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The influx of Syrian refugees into Turkey has strained its economy and created a significant political challenge for President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Definition of strained
Verb
  • Those materials are then shredded into small pieces before being separated by type and then refined into recycled materials ready for reuse.
    AJ Willingham, CNN, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The team has refined the computational models to account for vibrations and other stress factors that could cause bits to fail.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Dec. 2024
Definition of refined
Adjective
  • BrewDog This two-level rooftop spot is a pure sports bar that is right on the Strip but not in a hotel.
    Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Of course, Snoop has jammed with everyone from Willie Nelson to the Gorillaz to the late Quincy Jones, but he’s never sounded so pure and contemplative.
    Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of pure
Verb
  • Fiction films that have screened in Premieres include A Different Man, Past Lives, Passages, Promising Young Woman, Kajillionaire, The Report, The Big Sick, and Good Luck to You, Leo Grande.
    Dominic Patten, Deadline, 11 Dec. 2024
  • To tempt subscribers, Disney spent tens of billions of dollars on movies and shows which played exclusively on its platform rather than being screened in theaters or on television.
    Caroline Reid, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
Definition of screened
Adjective
  • The undiluted isolationism of his campaign messaging could prove to be a straitjacket that paralyzes the Trump administration’s foreign policy at a critical time.
    Peter D. Feaver, Foreign Affairs, 6 Nov. 2024
  • His Benji is like a ball of pure, undiluted charisma, joyfully inquiring about strangers’ lives and leading his fellow tourists on a photo shoot in front of the Warsaw Uprising Monument.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
Definition of undiluted
Verb
  • In responding to the backlash, Eddy Cue, Apple's Senior Vice President of Services, clarified that the fainting scene is part of the film's narrative progression and assured that viewers would understand its importance once the movie is viewed in its entirety.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • These reports were later clarified, indicating a case of mistaken identity, and Dong Jun appeared publicly, reaffirming his position.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
Definition of clarified
Adjective
  • Glioblastoma is pure, unadulterated evil that no person or family should go through.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 3 Dec. 2024
  • When unadulterated and committed purely to its core business, this is a fantastically stable and well-valued enterprise.
    Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2024
Definition of unadulterated
Adjective
  • The idea has remained controversial, given the difficulty of obtaining healthy, uncontaminated human brain tissue that could be used to study possible microbial inhabitants.
    Yasemin Saplakoglu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Her outfits are mercifully uncontaminated by everyday labor.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
Definition of uncontaminated
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