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sanitize

[san-i-tahyz] / ˈsæn ɪˌtaɪz /


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The company must also sanitize the freezer within seven days of clearing out remaining food waste.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026

Her concurrence also refuses to sanitize Reconstruction into an abstract legal debate.

From Slate ● Jul. 2, 2026

But Mr. Stern’s point is made: The effort to sanitize warfare doesn’t succeed, no matter how advanced the technology becomes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 10, 2026

Food processing plants apply it to sanitize surfaces and equipment.

From Salon ● Dec. 15, 2025

We don’t even have time to talk except catering-teamwork talk, so while we wash and sanitize big pots and pans, she occasionally hip-bumps me and I hip-bump her back.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King

“Using a smartphone application sanitizes things and makes it feel like it’s safe and unbiased,” said Ari Sawyer, a border researcher for Human Rights Watch.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2024

“True Spirit” streamlines and sanitizes her impressive real-life feat, which began in October 2009, into pure inspo fuel, recounting Watson’s maritime journey without ever turning grim for long.

From New York Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

When it's time to clean surfaces, "Always have vinegar because it doesn't go bad. It also cleans and sanitizes surfaces if you don't have bleach," he said.

From Salon ● Aug. 7, 2022

Omitting the importation of European diseases sanitizes the sorry historical record.

From Washington Post ● May 20, 2022

Loop, a two-year-old company that collects and sanitizes reusable containers, said Wednesday it’s expanding after successful trials at groceries in France and Japan.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 22, 2021

These sanitized accounts ignored the homemade dangers, such as the health problems fostered by an overstretched military — realities many children would face when a changed parent finally came home.

From Salon ● Sep. 19, 2026

Other presidents have also sometimes behaved contrary to democratic ideals, and national memorials often present a more sanitized version of American history.

From Slate ● May 18, 2026

And now the estate’s sanctioned box office success story, “Michael,” an absurd, sanitized musical biopic, has audiences dancing in the aisles during the concert numbers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 2, 2026

But now and then, something slips through the cracks, something that can’t be sanitized or ignored, no matter how much money or editing goes into it.

From Salon ● Apr. 25, 2026

I call Liz, but it’s Mom who comes stalking into the emergency room, high heels clicking on the sanitized tile floor.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz

Then, once the athletes are sitting comfortably, he recommends they use sanitizing wipes to clean any areas they might touch: the seat belt, arm rests, air nozzle.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2025

Years ago, Douthat might have been accused of sanitizing the figures who appear on his podcast or of providing intellectual cover to the legitimately unhinged.

From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2025

Making things worse, listeria can spread easily if food comes into contact with contaminated surfaces and multiply rapidly despite aggressive cleaning and sanitizing, according to the USDA.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2024

“This comes in the form of communications and branding standards. Is that going to be the next frontier in sanitizing the realities of our differences? ”

From Seattle Times ● May 24, 2024

He didn’t notice that they’d gone through another set of sliding glass doors until the puff of sanitizing air hit his skin again.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste


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