elutriates

Definition of elutriatesnext
present tense third-person singular of elutriate
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Verb
  • The Slushi’s removable parts are dishwasher safe, and there’s a rinse setting that cleans off the metal cooling element in a snap.
    Clint Davis, PEOPLE, 14 May 2026
  • Heavy weights dropped after power cleans or dead lifts bounce vertically rather than side to side.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 May 2026
Verb
  • Rain typically washes pollen out of the air.
    Keerti Gopal, ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
  • Scientists at the University of Miami have found that some sargassum, the brown seaweed that regularly washes ashore on Florida's beaches, may have a different origin than previously anticipated.
    Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 4 May 2026
Verb
  • Why does the same part of your brain that processes mortal danger also process musical beauty?
    Big Think, Big Think, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Speaking of ventilation, don’t forget to breathe deep; a new electric air filter cleanses our world’s increasingly polluted atmosphere, an issue contributed to by the S-Class itself.
    Brett Berk, Robb Report, 15 May 2026
  • The First Aid Beauty Facial Cleanser removes makeup and deeply cleanses the skin without stripping it.
    Claire West, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • At Cincinnati's Christ Hospital, an AI tool that extracts incidental findings from radiology reports helped achieve a 69% early-stage lung cancer detection rate, compared with a national average of 46%.
    TIME Contributors, Time, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Experts have warned regional countries against cozying up to the Kremlin, which often extracts major economic concessions in exchange for assistance.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • Haugh lets out the occasional wince, twitch and groan as Patterson kneads knotted muscles and purges lactic acid build-up so Florida’s leading scorer and ironman can continue to shoulder his heavy workload.
    Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Mar. 2026
  • Unless a Nest user subscribes to a service that allows for quick access to review footage recorded on a device, Google routinely purges the footage rather than retain it indefinitely, said Stacey Higginbotham, a policy fellow at Consumer Reports who specializes in cybersecurity issues.
    Safiyah Riddle, Chicago Tribune, 11 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • This modest proposal rectifies that, but only financially.
    Matt Fleming, Oc Register, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Thankfully, Part 2 rectifies the issue by bringing forth the yearning, longing and desire between them that were sorely missing, and the couple’s relationship finally gets the lusty zeal fans have been waiting for.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 Feb. 2026
Verb
  • Then reinforcement learning refines those actions through repetition.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 8 May 2026
  • Every swipe gently refines and brightens over time, but your skin still feels calm, comfortable, and unbothered.
    Christa Joanna Lee, Allure, 22 Apr. 2026
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“Elutriates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/elutriates. Accessed 23 May. 2026.

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