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purify

[pyoor-uh-fahy] / ˈpjʊər əˌfaɪ /


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Studies after that conflict concluded the damage hampered efforts to purify water and contributed to infant mortality.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 4, 2026

The punishments were made after a "systematic review" and were needed "to enforce industry discipline, purify the football environment, and maintain fair competition", the CFA wrote on its official social media account Thursday.

From Barron's Jan. 29, 2026

Beyond their unique biological properties, nanobodies are simpler to produce and purify than traditional antibodies.

From Science Daily Nov. 6, 2025

"The objective of the liquid separation unit will be to purify cerium on one side, lanthanum on the other side," explains production manager Florian Gouneau as we walk up a flight of metal stairs.

From BBC Aug. 6, 2025

In their zeal to purify usage and safeguard the language, they have made it difficult to think clearly about felicity in expression and have muddied the task of explaining the art of writing.

From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker

This patent-pending technology purifies the isotope by removing it from the bismuth target and then loads it onto a shipping column for incorporation into targeted alpha therapy drugs.

From Science Daily Nov. 11, 2025

A key supply item is a replacement pump for the system on the ISS that purifies urine back to drinking water.

From BBC Jun. 5, 2024

The system purifies wastewater using a three-step advanced treatment process, and the water then percolates and is injected into the groundwater basin, where it becomes part of the water supply.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 17, 2023

This process chemically separates the DNA from other components of cells within the sample, such as proteins, and purifies it.

From Scientific American Aug. 25, 2023

It purifies me, leaving me scoured both inside and out.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

While I claim no clairvoyant skills, given the ever-diminishing quality of the air we breathe, purified air could definitely become a commodity someday.

From Salon Jul. 19, 2026

To create the biomaterial, the scientists manually collected latex from freshly harvested jackfruit and carefully purified it.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

The Metropolitan Water District already is planning a large new facility in Carson to transform wastewater into purified drinking water.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2026

It takes purified silicon rocks, a good source of which is sand in North Carolina, and fashions them into the 12-inch wafers that will later be imprinted with trillions of transistors to become chips.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 25, 2026

“And I will pour upon you pure water,” Lev recited from Ezekiel, “and you will be purified of all your defilements.”

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros

Separating and purifying the elements from mineral deposits often requires toxic chemicals, while radioactive substances are frequently present in the same geological formations.

From Science Daily Jul. 24, 2026

In purifying and perfecting their homes’ water, he says, homeowners of the future will demineralize and remineralize what comes out of the tap, and then pump it full of oxygen.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

"The feeling is that VAR has complicated the game, instead of purifying it," Balague added.

From BBC Feb. 18, 2026

Sartre argued that for the antisemite, “there is no question of building a new society, but only of purifying the one that exists.”

From Salon Dec. 17, 2025

After purifying half a pot of water, I place it in direct sunlight and add several egg-size hot stones to the water.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins




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