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Examples of purity in a Sentence
struggling to live a life of purity while surrounded by wickedness
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Poor purity can cause patients to experience fever, chills, nausea, skin irritation, infections and low blood pressure.
—C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
The sweet waters are the embodiment of purity and beauty, and the essence of beauty.
—Allison Noelle Conner, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2024
Branding became essential to the differentiation that would earn the easy recognition and loyalty of customers, though labels about the purity of contents or lack thereof didn’t matter in this former landscape.
—Harmony Holiday, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2024
Many companies state that their products are 99% pure, but an independent investigation of three companies’ products from August 2023 to March 2024 found that the purity of the products were far less than promised.
—C. Michael White / The Conversation, Quartz, 21 Oct. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English purete, from Anglo-French purité, from Late Latin puritat-, puritas, from Latin purus pure
First Known Use
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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The first known use of purity was
in the 13th century
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“Purity.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/purity. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
Kids Definition
purity
noun
pu·ri·ty
ˈpyu̇r-ət-ē
1
: the quality or state of being pure : freedom from impurities
2
: freedom from guilt or sin
Medical Definition
purity
noun
pu·ri·ty
ˈpyu̇r-ət-ē
: the quality or state of being pure
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