struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness
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The base spirit undergoes three distillation cycles to achieve purity and refinement.—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 Fine black hair and dark skin indicate strength of character along with purity and goodness.—Literary Hub, 9 June 2025 Iran now enriches uranium up to 60% purity — a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.—Jon Gambrell, Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2025 Whether Iran would have to entirely give up its enrichment program remains unclear, as Axios reported that Iran would be able to enrich uranium up to 3% purity for some time.—Arkansas Online, 5 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for purity
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Middle English purete, from Anglo-French purité, from Late Latin puritat-, puritas, from Latin purus pure
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