decant
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A previous report from 2022 suggested that a full decant could cost £7bn-£13bn with the building entirely vacated for between 12 and 20 years.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2026
But here’s the little trick that makes it feel thoughtful rather than “I just grabbed this on the way in”: decant it.
From Salon ● Dec. 2, 2025
So don’t let the modest price fool you — crack open the screw cap a few hours before dinner, or better yet, decant it and let it come to life while you cook.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2023
I keep small salt and pepper grinders in my picnic box, plus packets of condiments or small containers in which to decant perishable condiments.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 27, 2022
If no yellowish precipitate is formed, decant off the rest of the liquid, and wash the precipitated metal with hot water two or three times by decantation.
From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Cornelius Beringer
She estimates her collection of decants — the insider term for 2-milliliter bottle samples, which she orders from the website DecantPlanet for between $4 and $12 — is in the hundreds.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 5, 2025
Chia sometimes decants laundry detergent, softeners, dryer sheets and wool balls out of their original packaging into clear canisters to create uniform storage in sizes that work in the space.
From Seattle Times ● Aug. 3, 2022
Williams, the author of the story collection “A Selfie as Big as the Ritz,” decants her first novel into flights, like wine.
From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2019
Only 20% of our properties are residential, but we're dealing with a growing number of housing estate "decants".
From The Guardian ● Jul. 22, 2013
Her private opinion of her husband she makes into a short story—forgets its origin and shows it him with pride—while the husband decants his heart-beats into occasional verse and minor poetry.
From Certain Personal Matters by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
These once held olive oil imported from Spain, North Africa and the Middle East and were discarded here after the oil was decanted at a nearby port.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2025
Among those who left were Pat Hamid and her husband Abdul who were decanted from Dennison Point in 2011, a few months before the Olympics.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2022
I have decanted a baby into a proper container for a walk.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2022
The bottles of Torani flavored syrup needed to be hidden from view, or the syrup needed to be decanted into Black Rifle-branded bottles.
From New York Times ● Jul. 14, 2021
The decanted infant howls; at once a nurse appears with a bottle of external secretion.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
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More structured and more tannic than the Wapisa, it definitely benefited from an hour’s decanting.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2025
The anxious decanting of the container influencer points to a fear of scarcity or disorder.
From Slate ● Mar. 15, 2025
Klein is a proponent of decanting dry goods into containers and putting products in bins.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023
"They can involve extra planning, sourcing, decisions, calculations, budgeting, ordering, carrying, storing and decanting —compared to making one grocery order a week and selecting from what is available."
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2022
Moving carefully, I ran through the decanting procedure in my head, making sure I hadn’t forgotten anything.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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