sanitize

Example Sentences

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In the face of efforts to erase or sanitize the uncomfortable history of our country, confronting this past is more important than ever.

From Slate • Mar. 30, 2026

Ms. Rodríguez, according to sources, siphoned profits through networks of international and domestic businessmen while building PR machinery to sanitize her image.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

But the governing body for more than half a million young athletes must remember nothing will ever sanitize that industry.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2025

Health care providers in Kenya have reported turning away women seeking reliable long-term contraception like implants and IUDs, as well as women actively in labor, because they cannot sanitize the health facility.

From Salon • Apr. 27, 2024

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