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purism

[pyoor-iz-uhm] / ˈpjʊər ɪz əm /




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Frankel’s dispatches showcase the culinary world’s relative lack of purism about the dish.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

“There’s no point of having some kind of a revolutionary purism that you should only preach to the choir. That would be completely pointless,” Malm said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2023

But I do employ a similar sense of purism about the general strategy.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2021

He added: "The EU needs a new playbook for dealing with neighbours, one that involves pragmatic solutions between friends, not the imposition of one side's rules on the other and legal purism."

From BBC ● Jun. 6, 2021

"Been," he pronounced "ben," of course, and "roof," he called "ruff," in spite of all his purism.

From Satanstoe by James Fenimore Cooper




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