elutriate

verb

Definition of elutriatenext
as in to clean

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for elutriate
  1. clean
  2. wash
  3. purge
  4. decontaminate
  5. cleanse
  6. extract
  7. process
  8. refine
Verb
  • Two items better known for cleaning swimming pools and moisturizing dry skin might help protect the Earth’s corals and decrease antibiotic resistance and pollution in the ocean.
    Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The Raiders have cleaned house in terms of their offensive coaching staff, and Turner will now advise that staff presumably.
    James Brizuela, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of clean
Verb
  • The company plans to invest in expanding its production capacity, including the development of a new egg washing and packing facility in Seymour, Indiana.
    Quartz Bot, Quartz, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Migrants without work authorization huddled in Home Depot parking lots and stood at intersections washing windshields for tips.
    Anjeanette Damon, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of wash
Verb
  • In 2022, after acquiring the social network, Musk infamously purged Twitter’s ranks and fired 80 percent of its employees in the first six months, and then made a series of management decisions that ultimately threw the company into further financial disarray.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The ruling is a blow to the Biden administration after the Department of Justice convinced lower courts to halt the voter roll purge so close to the election.
    Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 30 Oct. 2024
Definition of purge
Verb
  • Some residents are allowed to visit their homes but can’t move back there while thousands of workers remove topsoil, branches, and other materials to decontaminate these areas.
    Amanda Kennell, Discover Magazine, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Toby and Will have to work out their issues, CJ lays some hard truths on Donna, and Leo and Abbey have a frank discussion while Bartlet, Debbie, and Charlie are decontaminated.
    Matthew Jackson, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2024
Definition of decontaminate
Verb
  • The nation’s Foreign Minister Ayman Safadi told Blinken that Israel was ethnically cleansing Palestinians from Gaza.
    Freddie Clayton, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Nighttime routines used to consist of cleansing your face, putting on a basic retinol, and finishing with a generous slathering of Pond's Cream.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
Definition of cleanse
Verb
  • Leadville materialized in 1860 with the discovery of placer gold (gold extracted from eroded rock), and the mining boom was on.
    James Dziezynski, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2024
  • Organizations must ensure that no sensitive or personal data inappropriately feeds AI models or can be extracted from these systems, either maliciously or inadvertently.
    Rehan Jalil, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of extract
Verb
  • Absentee ballots take longer to process than ballots cast in-person due to the additional steps involved after a voter returns their absentee ballot to verify and log the ballot, and then prepare it for tabulation.
    Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Polls close at 8pm ET, but election workers can't begin processing mail-in ballots until Election Day.
    Andrew Solender, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Definition of process
Verb
  • For one, the boot’s stance angles have been refined over several years to hit that Goldilocks sweet spot: not too flexed, not too upright, and dead-flat edge-to-edge underfoot.
    Outside Editors, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
  • The automobile’s pontoon fenders and single rumble seat are esoteric enhancements, while the lack of door handles only further refines the extremely clean lines.
    Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 4 Nov. 2024
Definition of refine
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