pristine

Example Sentences

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You wonder if its designers—the Tokyo-based firm SANAA—were mocking the pristine white box of the contemporary museum gallery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

"It tells us that these environments are really pristine and healthy," says Bell.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

Predicting and timing the final shape is difficult without pristine insight into the highest levels of government and the military—which no investor really has.

From Barron's • Mar. 4, 2026

"Our findings suggest that Jupiter's moons did not form as chemically pristine worlds," Mousis said.

From Science Daily • Mar. 1, 2026

These days, I notice, she likes to hum her songs, prefers this, when once she would only sing pristine notes, ring them out like clarions around the apartment.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee