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as in to disinfect
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as in to romanticize
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Recent Examples of sanitize
New methods allow for drying and sanitizing sludge, transforming it into nutrient-rich fertilizers.
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Dan Kelly, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Wash or sanitize your hands before and after handling birds, and when moving birds between coops.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Food service establishments are urged to sanitize surfaces and utensils thoroughly to prevent cross-contamination.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Other things to consider: dusting electronics (especially in hard-to-reach-areas) and sanitizing remote controls.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
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Dan Kelly, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
Wash or sanitize your hands before and after handling birds, and when moving birds between coops.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
Food service establishments are urged to sanitize surfaces and utensils thoroughly to prevent cross-contamination.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Other things to consider: dusting electronics (especially in hard-to-reach-areas) and sanitizing remote controls.
—Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 29 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for sanitize
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitize
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If washing at the sink disinfects your hands, and soap facilitates that process, then great.—
Daniel Engber,
The Atlantic,
14 Jan. 2025
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For disinfecting pruning shears between plants, use 70% rubbing alcohol, either sprayed or applied thoroughly with a rag.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Jan. 2025
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Viewing them through the proxy of Joe, McGahern refuses to romanticize these characters, who are often admirable but also, by turns, nosy, deceitful, aggressive, and ridiculous.—
Sam Sacks,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
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These practices romanticize the actual selective practices of the University of Chicago and similar schools which purported to limit presidents from showing the same periodic moral responsibility, patriotic duties, and institutional voice of other pillars of American society.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
TIME,
28 Dec. 2024
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Then on Wednesday, sheriff’s officials sent an urgent message to patrol cars, saying the Altadena air had become so toxic after days of wildfires that deputies should wear masks on the job and decontaminate their uniforms before stepping foot in their homes.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Jan. 2025
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Once contaminated, food cannot be decontaminated, posing risks to human health.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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As Ian Sanders, co-founder of Riley's Way and the managing director and COO of Insight Partners, noted on a podcast, being a kind leader during a termination doesn’t mean sugarcoating the truth or avoiding difficult conversations.—
Nirit Cohen,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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This upcoming stretch could actually be dire from a process standpoint, and there’s no point sugarcoating it.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
30 Dec. 2024
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To purge their body of nitrogen, an astronaut needs to breathe pure oxygen for a few hours, both before and after donning a spacesuit.—
Regina Kim,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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My Bitdefender contact explained that the clean bill of health in the dashboard refers to the fact that my personal data was already purged from data brokers during my reviews of other similar products.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
7 Jan. 2025
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The introduction argues that feminism opened space for artists to confront corporeal experiences and oppression based in bodily difference, space to show us not generalized or idealized figures, but messy and personal ones instead.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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While some look at this movement as idealizing a time when women had fewer rights and independence, many trad wives do not think their roles are demeaning.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA TODAY,
13 Nov. 2024
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You’re left with skin that feels comfortable, purified, and protected, as if wrapped in an invisible shield against daily environmental damage.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
19 Jan. 2025
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By Clara Harter Los Angeles Times As buildings and brush continue to smolder in Los Angeles, a toxic soup of smoke, chemicals and particulate matter is being spread across the region by gusty winds, prompting a surge in interest in air purifying devices.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 Jan. 2025
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Speculation about his future in politics has intensified as the 18-year-old begins to take on more visible roles, both during his father's campaign and at official events.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Without these efforts, California’s wildfire crisis will only intensify, fueled by plants never meant to be here in the first place.—
Hannah Singleton,
WIRED,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Sanitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitize. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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