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

After being pressed up tight to life and death, it’s what I believe in—a distilled hum that I plan to follow through this life and maybe the next, like my own personal anthem.

From "Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet" by Joanne Proulx