purity
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De Palma paints pictures that don’t conflict so much as they coexist, like two sides of a coin — purity and debauchery, the real, politically sanctioned currencies of this country — fresh from the U.S.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
By testing three YIG spheres with different levels of purity, the researchers found a clear pattern.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 2, 2026
Low-enriched uranium - typically 3-5% purity - is enough to produce reactor fuel required for a nuclear power station, but weapons-grade uranium needs to be at least 90% enriched.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 2026
Her purity and devotion are difficult to portray with the requisite sincerity—today she would seem abject.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 1, 2026
He did have many of the qualities of the Star Wars hero, a kind of wholesome purity that seemed too good to be true but was so natural as to make him appear almost delicate.
From "Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream" by H.G. Bissinger
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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
Mort de ma vie! am I not the very slave of your sex, that for all the charms, the goodness, the kindnesses and purities, is a continual reproach to mine?
From Doom Castle by Munro, Neil
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