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Recent Examples of disinfect
Dusting, waxing or disinfecting your furniture is always good practice to uphold the aesthetic of your piece.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 May 2025
Lysol's Lavender & Cotton Blossom fragrance is available in a suite of Lysol products to disinfect or clean every room in the home, killing 99.9% of germs while leaving behind a refreshing scent!
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Currently, her injections require careful preparation, such as disinfecting her entire counter with alcohol pads.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
Bleach Cleaning Method To disinfect a wood cutting board, especially after using it to prepare raw meat, soak it in a mild bleach solution (2 tsp.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 26 May 2025
Lysol's Lavender & Cotton Blossom fragrance is available in a suite of Lysol products to disinfect or clean every room in the home, killing 99.9% of germs while leaving behind a refreshing scent!
—Adam Mills, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 May 2025
Currently, her injections require careful preparation, such as disinfecting her entire counter with alcohol pads.
—Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2025
Bleach Cleaning Method To disinfect a wood cutting board, especially after using it to prepare raw meat, soak it in a mild bleach solution (2 tsp.
—Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disinfect
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The Clorox Company recommends: For sanitizing: ½ cup of bleach for a standard washing machine or ¼ cup bleach for high efficiency washing machines.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
26 May 2025
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Wash or sanitize your hands again after transferring laundry from the washer to the dryer.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 May 2025
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Between 300 and 350 personnel at the facility were decontaminated as a precaution, officials said.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
15 May 2025
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A day earlier, sheriff’s officials sent an urgent message out to patrol cars, saying the air had become so toxic after days of wildfires that deputies should wear masks on the job and decontaminate their uniforms before stepping foot in their homes.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Amethyst, with its calming and purifying properties, is another great crystal for pairing with cannabis.—
Matt Rozo,
Mercury News,
5 June 2025
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The inactivated viruses are then purified and mixed into a shot or nasal spray.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
1 May 2025
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Or has this show wiped Big from everyone’s memories?—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
6 June 2025
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Either way, finish the process by wiping the area down with clean water and drying with a towel to remove any remaining moisture.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
5 June 2025
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In early April, Hegseth purged 400 books from the Naval Academy library on race relations, gender, and sexuality.—
Sophie Clark,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum and party allies have said the elections are a way to purge the court system of corruption in a country that has long faced high levels of impunity.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
2 June 2025
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Give your dad the gift of peace of mind with a data removal service that scrubs his personal details from people-search sites and shady data brokers.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2025
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Dampen a small portion of your microfiber cloth with rubbing alcohol and apply directly to the stain by dabbing, being careful not to rub or scrub.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
5 June 2025
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At the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year, Roborock showed off a vacuum with a robotic arm for automatically removing obstacles while cleaning floors.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
12 June 2025
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His father rose from dishwasher to short-order cook while his mother cleaned houses.—
Linh Tat,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2025
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Step five: Remove the mouthpiece, rinse your mouth with water, and clean the device as instructed.—
Daley Quinn,
Glamour,
11 June 2025
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After applying a mask, leave it on for the time recommended on product label, and gently rinse off with lukewarm water before lightly patting your skin dry with a washcloth.—
Cristina Mutchler,
Verywell Health,
9 June 2025
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“Disinfect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disinfect. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.
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