purify
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Ice masters look at the PH levels of the water and purify it to remove minerals and impurities.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 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
Also involved in the deal is ReElement Technologies, a company that works to purify and recycle rare-earth materials, which will help in the recycling of old magnets to boost domestic production.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2025
The committee issued a public warning, telling recent arrivals to clean their homes thoroughly, burn gunpowder to purify the air, dump lime down their privies, and whitewash every room.
From "An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793" by Jim Murphy
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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
A massive sewage recycling program purifies wastewater through microfiltration, reverse osmosis and ultraviolet irradiation, adding to drinking supply reservoirs.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2024
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
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It did so, nominating thousands of ingredients, including, for example, purified water and asparagus.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
Some bottlers sell tap water purified through reverse‑osmosis filtration which removes the minerals and flavour, he said.
From Barron's ● Jan. 29, 2026
The form of genistein used in the study was more purified and concentrated than supplements commonly sold in stores.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 27, 2025
Served by the glass, “the Los Angeles Tap water has more minerals and electrolytes dissolved than most purified bottled waters,” the menu notes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2025
The long years of solitude and unhappiness had distilled her emotions and purified her feelings down to a few terrible, magnificent passions, which possessed her totally.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
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The bedroom will also be the focus of new ways of purifying air.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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
The companies purifying water look like better bets than the high-tech customers who use it.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 9, 2025
The event is deeply rooted in Hindu mythology and centres on the belief in the purifying power of sacred rivers.
From BBC ● Jan. 29, 2025
With the crackling warmth of the fire and the smell of purifying incense the room seemed less of a sepulchre.
From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya
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