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as in mint
being in an original and unused or unspoiled state
a pristine forest that has never been subjected to logging or development
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as in immaculate
free from dirt or stain
one doesn't dare spill anything on his car's pristine upholstery
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Recent Examples of pristine
Accessible by ferry from Port Aransas, which sits just across the shipping channel, this 21-mile-long island offers nothing more than pristine Gulf Coast wilderness, and keen-eyed travelers often stumble upon sand dollars, lightning whelks, angel wings, and conchs.
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Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
In 2018, inspired by Kiawah’s storied wild and pristine environment, Nurre began dreaming of what the book could be.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
But Alaska is perhaps best known for its pristine wilderness.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Its numerous beaches remain pristine and mostly undeveloped with relatively few resorts and housing or commercial development.
—Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
In 2018, inspired by Kiawah’s storied wild and pristine environment, Nurre began dreaming of what the book could be.
—Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 5 Jan. 2025
But Alaska is perhaps best known for its pristine wilderness.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 Jan. 2025
Its numerous beaches remain pristine and mostly undeveloped with relatively few resorts and housing or commercial development.
—Geoff Whitmore, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pristine
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Guests throughout the year are dazzled by Fulk’s exquisite interiors and immaculate attention to detail, but the holidays will bring something special.Meredith Lepore, Robb Report, 24 Dec. 2024
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For most of the restaurant’s existence, Herrera sat on a chair at the counter, with immaculate red nails, taking orders and writing the names of customers on paper bags.Erica Zora Wrightson, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2025
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On a year-on-year basis, pork and fresh vegetable prices remain elevated, climbing 12.5%.Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
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The big picture: Four of the biggest blazes remained zero percent contained during low relative humidity and high winds that were beginning to weaken on Wednesday evening, though fresh spot fires ignited and a new blaze in the Hollywood Hills prompted fresh mandatory evacuation orders.Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 9 Jan. 2025
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Think about it: the record companies forced them to be clean cut and preppy and all those things.Gary Gerard Hamilton, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Feb. 2023
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The clean, bright walls along with colorful rugs and hardwood floors can seem impossible for people living in apartments.Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 3 Feb. 2023
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Her approach is a clean break from the 19th-century tradition of American landscape art, in which de facto propagandists like Albert Bierstadt and Thomas Cole depicted land as radiant and virginal, the birthright of any colonial buccaneer drunk on Manifest Destiny.Jeremy Lybarger, ARTnews.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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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
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The villa had been completely renovated once before, in the 1980s, though its landmark status kept the façade untouched.Ulrich Clewing, Architectural Digest, 12 Jan. 2025
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If snow or ice remains untouched for hours and hours after the storm, then liability may become an issue.Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Jan. 2025
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The Mediterranean diet, which focuses on extra virgin olive oil, fruits, vegetables, and fresh seafood, is popular in areas like Greece and southern Italy.Chelsea Rae Bourgeois, RDN, LD, Health, 6 Jan. 2025
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The whiskey is aged for approximately four years in virgin American oak barrels.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
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“Pristine.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pristine. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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