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purity

[pyoor-i-tee] / ˈpjʊər ɪ ti /


NOUN
innocence
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NOUN
chastity
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De Palma paints pictures that don’t conflict so much as they coexist, like two sides of a coin — purity and debauchery, the real, politically sanctioned currencies of this country — fresh from the U.S.

From Salon Jul. 4, 2026

By testing three YIG spheres with different levels of purity, the researchers found a clear pattern.

From Science Daily Jul. 2, 2026

And in a country that prides itself on this hereditary purity, the identity of Kim's mother is not just a secret - but a threat to the regime itself.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2026

The inconsistent purity of the copper could garble transmissions.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 4, 2026

Because she had looked into those eyes before they had looked on John, she knew what John would never know—the purity of his father’s eyes when John was not reflected in their depths.

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin

But there are heroes, too, who remind us of our own potential for villainy, impure mirrors who reflect back at us the false purities we hide.

From The Guardian Jan. 27, 2018

And Gorky was far from alone in his scorn, as painting raced toward the purities of Abstract Expressionism.

From New York Times Sep. 3, 2015

As soon as you start to demand metals at higher purities then the costs soar.

From Forbes Aug. 19, 2013

But seabed explorers have found purities of 10 percent and higher — turning the obscure deposits into potential bonanzas.

From New York Times Jul. 9, 2012

But in the swift intuitions of the imagination, in the purities and sublimities of the prophet-poet's soul, neither Veronese nor yet even Titian can approach him.

From Renaissance in Italy Volume 3 The Fine Arts by Symonds, John Addington




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