as in to purify
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The Pure Water project is intended to make the upgrades unnecessary because sewage from the plant will be purified at a new Miramar plant just east of Interstate 805, then stored in Lake Miramar reservoir near Interstate 15 and later piped to homes and businesses as potable water.—
Gary Warth,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025 -
This liquid may be filtered or chemically purified before being dehydrated to obtain the salts—though not to the extent to which table salt is refined.35 Sea salt is harvested from seawater through natural evaporation processes driven by the sun and wind.—
Lauren O'Connor, MS,
Health,
18 Feb. 2025
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Key Ingredients: Niacinamide, Glycolic Acid, Tranexamic Acid, Kojic Acid, Licorice Root Extract Skin Type: Oily Skin, Normal Skin, Combination Skin Product Type: Serum Size: 30ml How to Apply: Apply to neck and chest after cleansing.—
Iman Balagam,
Vogue,
24 Feb. 2025
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Editor’s tip: For the uninitiated, an essence is a lightweight, concentrated formula packed with ingredients that hydrate and refresh your skin after cleansing, while prepping it for the next steps in your skin-care routine.—
Siena Gagliano,
Allure,
20 Feb. 2025
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What needs to change if the round of 16 is to bring more than just chastening elimination?—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Both Premier League loan slots are taken up by summer signings Facundo Buonanotte and Odsonne Edouard, neither of whom featured as Leicester suffered a chastening 4-0 away defeat against relegation rivals Everton on Saturday.—
Rob Tanner,
The Athletic,
3 Feb. 2025
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None of this is intended to take away from the ambivalent and sometimes plainly harmful effects of attempts to spiritualize the pandemic.—
Benjamin Kirby,
Quartz Africa,
1 May 2020
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Thought and speech — thought’s public projection — are both combined and spiritualized.—
Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
22 June 2019
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Sorrentino may also be exorcising some conflicting feelings about his birthplace, which is portrayed as a vulgar, crude place populated by crooks and hicks and photographed like its paradise.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
7 Feb. 2025
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Their 27-25 triumph over the Ravens exorcised several demons in both this season and previous ones.—
Joe Buscaglia,
The Athletic,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Lustrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lustrate. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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