1
as in purging
to free from moral guilt or blemish especially ceremonially
Catholics go to confession to be purified
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2
as in filtering
to remove usually visible impurities from
purify the water by distillation
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as in cleansing
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Verb
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This now four-game winless run has been clarifying for the progress of the Maresca project.—
Liam Twomey,
The Athletic,
5 Jan. 2025 -
The bill would update several pieces of language in existing law, clarifying requirements such as metal bars on doors and windows, adding sufficient interior lighting and authorizing law enforcement to access dealers’ security systems during an active investigation.—
Tim Clouser | The Center Square,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
4 Jan. 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
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White encourages cathartic expression of social anger.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
16 July 2025
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Human teams can improve the reliability of specific knowledge agents by refining data sources and prompts.—
Michael Wegmüller,
Forbes,
23 Dec. 2024
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The end of the year is another critical period for refining your retirement strategy.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes,
21 Dec. 2024
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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This co-production with Cincinnati Opera should look impressive as well.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
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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“Purifying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purifying. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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