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purify

[pyoor-uh-fahy] / ˈpjʊər əˌfaɪ /


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The punishments were made after a "systematic review" and were needed "to enforce industry discipline, purify the football environment, and maintain fair competition", the CFA wrote on its official social media account Thursday.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

Researchers at the University of Iowa have identified a new way to "purify" photons, a development that could improve both the performance and security of light based quantum technologies.

From Science Daily Dec. 23, 2025

Also involved in the deal is ReElement Technologies, a company that works to purify and recycle rare-earth materials, which will help in the recycling of old magnets to boost domestic production.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 3, 2025

Board of Water and Power Commissioners voted to purify 45 million gallons, enough water for 500,000 people.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2025

He was sent by the oracle at Delphi to purify Athens of a plague.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

This patent-pending technology purifies the isotope by removing it from the bismuth target and then loads it onto a shipping column for incorporation into targeted alpha therapy drugs.

From Science Daily Nov. 11, 2025

A key supply item is a replacement pump for the system on the ISS that purifies urine back to drinking water.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2024

This process chemically separates the DNA from other components of cells within the sample, such as proteins, and purifies it.

From Scientific American Aug. 25, 2023

Their homes can be in more isolated and fire-prone areas, including the boreal forest, a vital natural resource that stores carbon, purifies the air and water and regulates climate.

From Seattle Times Aug. 23, 2023

It purifies me, leaving me scoured both inside and out.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

The Metropolitan Water District already is planning a large new facility in Carson to transform wastewater into purified drinking water.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2026

Technicians wearing bunny suits put the machines together in clean rooms pumped with purified air to prevent contamination.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

To better understand how this system works, researchers recreated it outside living cells using purified components.

From Science Daily Apr. 20, 2026

It did so, nominating thousands of ingredients, including, for example, purified water and asparagus.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2026

Normally, nuclear reactors use purified water, which runs through a closed system to ensure that none of the water from the reactor can get out—and that no impurities can get in.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

In purifying and perfecting their homes’ water, he says, homeowners of the future will demineralize and remineralize what comes out of the tap, and then pump it full of oxygen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

Sartre argued that for the antisemite, “there is no question of building a new society, but only of purifying the one that exists.”

From Salon Dec. 17, 2025

The companies purifying water look like better bets than the high-tech customers who use it.

From MarketWatch Dec. 9, 2025

To perform the analysis, the researchers used acetonitrile to extract PAHs before purifying the samples with several combinations of sorbents.

From Science Daily Dec. 1, 2025

With the crackling warmth of the fire and the smell of purifying incense the room seemed less of a sepulchre.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya




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