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Recent Examples of pasteurize
Most brands of jarred garlic pasteurize the product to kill any potentially harmful bacteria.
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
When shopping for goat milk, there are raw or pasteurized options.
—Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 30 Dec. 2025
The planet’s heat could be used to pasteurize milk or heat dorm rooms or light up a baseball stadium for a night game.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2025
While some studies have shown benefits of consuming raw milk, the CDC says only pasteurized dairy products should be consumed, especially for vulnerable demographics: Children under 5 years old, pregnant women, people age 65 and older and those with weakened immune systems.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
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Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
When shopping for goat milk, there are raw or pasteurized options.
—Isabel Vasquez Rd Ldn, Health, 30 Dec. 2025
The planet’s heat could be used to pasteurize milk or heat dorm rooms or light up a baseball stadium for a night game.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 17 Nov. 2025
While some studies have shown benefits of consuming raw milk, the CDC says only pasteurized dairy products should be consumed, especially for vulnerable demographics: Children under 5 years old, pregnant women, people age 65 and older and those with weakened immune systems.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasteurize
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So Serious, a compilation of Enya edits that distilled the singer’s voice down to a distant emanation.—
Daniel Bromfield,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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The situation calls for simplicity, somebody who can distill the game down to its most basic parts and sell this squad on the virtues of enjoying their football again, within a framework that’s quick to install in the Premier League.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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In a nutshell, wastewater recycling works by first physically filtering the water, then subjecting it to reverse osmosis, and finally purifying it with ultraviolet light.—
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
25 Feb. 2026
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Fears washed away, cleanse and purify.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Feb. 2026
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Cream of Tartar & Lemon Juice Paste Like baking soda and hydrogen peroxide, cream of tartar and lemon shockingly has cleaning and brightening properties that are effective for lifting dirt and stains off grout lines.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
13 Mar. 2026
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Children under 5 years old are commonly exposed to cleaning products, makeup, soaps, medications, vitamins and even plants.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
13 Mar. 2026
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Penny and Ghazarian hired their own industrial hygienist, who concluded the property needed to be decontaminated of heavy metals and other combustion by-products.—
Tony Saavedra,
Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
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The sheriff's office says first responders were decontaminated at the hospital.—
DeJanay Booth-Singleton,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
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Ice-melting salts do tend to leach out of the soil over time.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
2 Mar. 2026
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Residents worried that car tires grinding over it would cause heavy metals to leach out.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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Vogue is committed to reporting and riffing on the global fashion conversation—always filtered through the lens of culture and what’s happening in the world at large.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
16 Mar. 2026
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The following day, the atmosphere was considerably quieter, with a smaller crowd filtering through the taproom.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Mar. 2026
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The team plans to continue refining the design and making the system smaller and more efficient.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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The White House is telling Republicans to refine their immigration messaging as the party stares down the midterm elections, a tacit acknowledgement that its hardline rhetoric about mass deportation risks alienating voters.—
Shelby Talcott,
semafor.com,
11 Mar. 2026
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Order 1 dissolved the ruling Baath Party and removed all senior party members from their government positions, purging the administrative class that ran its ministries, hospitals and schools.—
Farah N. Jan,
The Conversation,
10 Mar. 2026
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The upper stage, known as the interim cryogenic propulsion stage and its single RL-10 engine, wasn’t able to get the helium gas, used to purge the stage of cryogenic fuel and maintain proper pressure, to flow into it.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Mar. 2026
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“Pasteurize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasteurize. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.
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