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Recent Examples of purificatory
Many stepwells were used for ablution; the tanks associated with mosques, Hindu temples and other shrines offered the most purificatory form. Summoning water from the depths was also a symbol of temporal power.
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The Economist, 13 July 2019
The Economist, 13 July 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purificatory
Adjective
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What begins as a cathartic outlet quickly spirals into something far more dangerous.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
18 June 2025
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The track is a slow-burning charmer that sneaks up on you, quietly building into seismic, cathartic riffs as McLamb reflects on being a girl among the boys.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
16 July 2025
Adjective
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Newman and Curtin also were responsible for one of the night's most moving moments, holding up a photograph of the late Gilda Radner during the cast's goodbyes at the end of the show.—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
EW.com,
24 July 2025
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Yet the most moving and memorable picture in the show, aside from Rembrandt’s, is one by his contemporary Hendrick van Steenwijk the Younger, on loan from the National Gallery, in Washington, D.C.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
19 July 2025
Adjective
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Arizona strikes me as a team that will once again be good for a few impressive wins (see: last year's 41-10 evisceration of the Rams in Week 2).—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 July 2025
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This image represents one of the first times that astronomers have obtained images of thousands of star-forming regions at this impressive level of detail.—
Rebecca McClain,
Space.com,
31 July 2025
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“Purificatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purificatory. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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