distilled
Example Sentences
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They should use distilled water, never from the tap.
From Salon • Mar. 24, 2026
The Oxford Companion to Art, an old owl distilled in its praise, calls the English artist Thomas Gainsborough “an independent and original genius.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
“So much of our creativity in this town is distilled into capitalistic value,” Bhabha says.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
That Kimi-K2.5 called itself Claude is “very likely” a sign that the model was distilled from Claude outputs, according to Nathan Lambert, post-training lead at the Allen Institute for AI.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 28, 2026
During the time before the Revolution, the American colonies received molasses, which was produced in the Caribbean islands, and then distilled it into rum.
From "1919 The Year That Changed America" by Martin W. Sandler
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.