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purity

[pyoor-i-tee] / ˈpjʊər ɪ ti /


NOUN
innocence
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NOUN
chastity
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However, no large-scale research has yet been conducted on its safety and efficacy, and there are concerns over purity and contaminated supplies.

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

Organizers say it’s all about maintaining the purity of the Bavarian bacchanal.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Kazan doesn’t sacrifice much of the character’s darkness, but rather enables Pugh, an actress who ably navigates purity and corruption, to play with both closer to the surface than usual.

From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026

In the U.S., over-the-counter supplements are not regulated, so each brand of supplement can vary in strength, purity, etc.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 29, 2026

He was the primal traitor, the earliest defiler of the Party’s purity.

From "1984" by George Orwell

But there are heroes, too, who remind us of our own potential for villainy, impure mirrors who reflect back at us the false purities we hide.

From The Guardian ● Jan. 27, 2018

And Gorky was far from alone in his scorn, as painting raced toward the purities of Abstract Expressionism.

From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2015

As soon as you start to demand metals at higher purities then the costs soar.

From Forbes ● Aug. 19, 2013

But seabed explorers have found purities of 10 percent and higher — turning the obscure deposits into potential bonanzas.

From New York Times ● Jul. 9, 2012

The death-leprosy, attacked in this manner, by purifying lotions from without, and by rallying of the vital energies and purities from within, will probably abate somewhat!

From Past and Present by Thomas Carlyle




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