sanitize

Example Sentences

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Homeless people are highly susceptible to infectious diseases that pass through contact with fecal matter because they lack the hygiene resources of people who have private and regularly sanitized bathing and hand-washing facilities.

From Seattle Times

The College Board seemingly capitulated and sanitized the AP course, paring back mentions of Black feminism, queer theory and the Black Lives Matter movement and replacing them with a new section on Black conservatism.

From Salon

Some in the camp even view the pope’s trip, which is being spent entirely in the capital, with suspicion, worrying that he could receive a sanitized, or Dinka, narrative.

From Washington Post

It echoes other cases, including that of George Floyd, in which initial police reports painted a sanitized picture of a violent or fatal interaction.

From Washington Post

In spaceflight, “anomaly” is a sanitized word for “failure.”

From Washington Post