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pure

[pyoor] / pjʊər /






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While many others branded it as "pure disrespect to real models" and questioned why she was picked out of a "room full of talented models".

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

His interactions with Holmes are pure cringe comedy, like when she starts to cry perhaps a bit on cue and he stiffly sputters, “Do you want, like, a tissue?”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

“It’s hard to justify a high valuation multiple for a U.S. shipbuilder like Philly from a foreign buyer, based on pure economics,” said Basil Karatzas, head of consulting firm Karatzas Marine Advisors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

It’s not a pure apples-to-apples comparison, to be fair.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 9, 2026

In the dawn light I saw that his body was exactly the same pure white as Black Star's.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell

"I think young people in the village and, actually, myself, aren't as strong-spirited as in the past... People were purer," she said.

From Barron's ● Sep. 6, 2026

The purer the crystal, the longer the magnons survived.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026

The Middle East supplies about a fifth of the world’s jet fuel, a form of kerosene that is purer and can withstand the freezing temperatures at cruise altitudes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026

There, in microgravity, the miniature labs grow molecular crystals that are purer than those produced in Earth’s gravity for use in pharmaceuticals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 4, 2026

“I will send Miss Barkley. You are better with her without me. You are purer and sweeter.”

From "A Farewell To Arms" by Ernest Hemingway

In their purest form as market-tracking index funds, they offer broad diversification at high tax efficiency and amazingly low cost.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026

That’s the kind of animal electricity that points us toward our purest selves.

From Salon ● Jul. 31, 2026

"This work reflects a philosophy of chemistry that's designed to accelerate drug discovery in its purest form," says Moses.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 22, 2026

That sampler captured the band’s brand of thrash punk in its purest form.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026

The ancients longed for logos in its purest form—the clear light of analytic philosophy— to be the only effective component of an argument.

From "Words Like Loaded Pistols" by Sam Leith


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