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Recent Examples of ultrapure
Researchers first treated and sterilized thin sections of fossil using a mixture of ultrapure water and ethanol.
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Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Feb. 2025
Sapphire is also less sensitive to vibrations and is easier to obtain in ultrapure form than other mineral crystals, such as diamond.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2021
The famed Super-Kamiokande detector in Japan, which detected all of 12 neutrinos from a distant supernova in 1987, uses 50,000 metric tons of ultrapure water to catch a glimpse of the occasional neutrino interaction.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 11 June 2024
That process requires expensive tools, such as lithography machines, and ultrapure water filtration.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
Making chips is one of the most complex industrial processes in the world, and specialized inputs such as high-precision machines and ultrapure chemicals are produced only in other countries and probably will be for years.
Nor will everything go smoothly.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
Chips must be rinsed with ultrapure water during the manufacturing process, in addition to water being used to cool equipment, as in data centers.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
Municipalities are also launching water recycling programs to relieve pressure on aquifers: New technologies can now turn very-much-not-consumable wastewater into ultrapure liquid for drinking or watering crops.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
The instrument in a clearing on Newfoundland was quite simple: a glass cylinder, holding a little bit of ultrapure water, securely attached to the ground with wooden stakes.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2023
Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Feb. 2025
Sapphire is also less sensitive to vibrations and is easier to obtain in ultrapure form than other mineral crystals, such as diamond.
—IEEE Spectrum, 24 June 2021
The famed Super-Kamiokande detector in Japan, which detected all of 12 neutrinos from a distant supernova in 1987, uses 50,000 metric tons of ultrapure water to catch a glimpse of the occasional neutrino interaction.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 11 June 2024
That process requires expensive tools, such as lithography machines, and ultrapure water filtration.
—Dylan Sloan, Fortune, 10 Apr. 2024
Making chips is one of the most complex industrial processes in the world, and specialized inputs such as high-precision machines and ultrapure chemicals are produced only in other countries and probably will be for years.
Nor will everything go smoothly.
—Geoff Colvin, Fortune, 8 Apr. 2024
Chips must be rinsed with ultrapure water during the manufacturing process, in addition to water being used to cool equipment, as in data centers.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 29 Jan. 2024
Municipalities are also launching water recycling programs to relieve pressure on aquifers: New technologies can now turn very-much-not-consumable wastewater into ultrapure liquid for drinking or watering crops.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 24 Jan. 2024
The instrument in a clearing on Newfoundland was quite simple: a glass cylinder, holding a little bit of ultrapure water, securely attached to the ground with wooden stakes.
—Matt Simon, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ultrapure
Adjective
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To suggest that the cartels might import coca leaves to extract cocaine makes about as much sense as suggesting that someone would import Dom Perignon to secure by chemical processing pure extracts of ethyl alcohol.—
Wade Davis,
Rolling Stone,
6 Apr. 2025
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Far too many left to get it on three without pure luck.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Using undiluted essential oils is problematic for people with broken, irritated, or inflamed skin or those with active eczema or psoriasis, said Susan Massick, MD, FAAD, an associate professor of dermatology at The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
28 Mar. 2025
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That song is a powder keg, a dynamic storehouse of raw, undiluted energy.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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There is little reason to believe that the current suite of USDA policies will mitigate any of the enormous risks to the food system and ensure the availability of safe, affordable and uncontaminated food.—
Errol Schweizer,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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Once notified of the problem, the three local governments reacted by curtailing use of their contaminated wells and relying more on uncontaminated wells.—
Kevin Spear,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Seltzer: The Minimalist Seltzer is the closest thing to pure, unadulterated fizzy water.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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There is, in short, nothing here but unadulterated hagiography of American military might, which feels especially egregious considering the war in question and the filmmaker’s own apparent intentions.—
Gregory Nussen,
Deadline,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Only unmixed household hazardous waste will be accepted.—
Joe Rassel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Apr. 2025
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The seemingly unmixed demo made many social media users speculate whether the song was AI-generated before noted hip-hop commentator DJ Akademiks eventually played it — noticeably with some tweaks, like the omission of a line about P. Diddy and a different beat — on his livestream.—
Kyndall Cunningham,
Vox,
17 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Some replacements were found in the everyday speech of rural Anatolian villagers or the Turkic peoples of Central Asia, both of which were assumed to have preserved an untainted original Turkish.—
Nick Danforth,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Jan. 2015
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In the awards race, the question looms: Will any of the nominees make it to the ceremony untainted?—
Michael Schulman,
The New Yorker,
6 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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This is not just good for farmers, but for the 1.8 million people who rely on unpolluted water from our three county reservoirs.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Apr. 2025
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Multigenerational trips where families rent houses are popular here, too, and the biggest nightlife activity is stargazing under the unpolluted sky and looking for fiddler crabs on the beach.—
Trudy Haywood Saunders,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Mar. 2024
Adjective
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This bourbon expression, uncut and unfiltered, was a 2023 Special Release.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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The park’s visitor center gives guests the opportunity to view uncut diamonds and learn about geology.—
Perri Ormont Blumberg Fox News,
Fox News,
17 Mar. 2025
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“Ultrapure.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ultrapure. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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