purged

past tense of purge

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Recent Examples of purged The statute of limitations for rape at the time was six years, so the evidence was purged. Stephanie Warsmith and Paula Schleis, USA TODAY, 19 Oct. 2024 The board had targeted more than 100 books to be purged but only about eight were eliminated. Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2024 When Khamenei assumed power as supreme leader in 1989, most of this generation retired or was purged. Saeid Golkar, Foreign Affairs, 11 Oct. 2024 The regime’s corruption and politicization of the armed forces over the preceding quarter century have purged the military brass of any independence. Christopher Sabatini, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024 The Awami League has been purged at all levels of government and its members arrested. Charlie Campbell, TIME, 3 Oct. 2024 Agencies that cannot be easily purged, such as the judiciary, may be politicized in other ways. Robert Mickey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Apr. 2017

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“Purged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purged. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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