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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

Researchers at the University of Iowa have identified a new way to "purify" photons, a development that could improve both the performance and security of light based quantum technologies.

From Science Daily Dec. 23, 2025

Board of Water and Power Commissioners voted to purify 45 million gallons, enough water for 500,000 people.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 31, 2025

“I must go personally to purify this thunderbolt in the waters of Lemnos, to remove the human taint from its metal.”

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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

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

Their homes can be in more isolated and fire-prone areas, including the boreal forest, a vital natural resource that stores carbon, purifies the air and water and regulates climate.

From Seattle Times Aug. 23, 2023

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

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman

Technicians wearing bunny suits put the machines together in clean rooms pumped with purified air to prevent contamination.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 25, 2026

It did so, nominating thousands of ingredients, including, for example, purified water and asparagus.

From Salon Apr. 4, 2026

Dr. Dudek-Wicher also highlighted an important distinction between professionally produced, purified ClO₂ solutions, which are sometimes used in dentistry, and the mixtures prepared at home by MMS supporters.

From Science Daily Feb. 2, 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

Over and over again the liquid had to be strained and purified, even as it kept boiling, boiling, boiling in the copper vats.

From "Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science" by Marc Aronson

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

To perform the analysis, the researchers used acetonitrile to extract PAHs before purifying the samples with several combinations of sorbents.

From Science Daily Dec. 1, 2025

A post-death purifying fire seems a process of purgation.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 6, 2025

“Well, they say you can drink water from the streams without purifying it” “You’re kidding.”

From "Uglies" by Scott Westerfeld




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