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as in to disinfect
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as in to romanticize
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Recent Examples of sanitize
Baby bottle sterilizers use steam to ensure your bottles are completely sanitized.
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Olivia Campbell, Parents, 24 June 2025
Collaborating is either ghost writing or co-writing a book where the central figure has final say, a way of sanitizing the text.
—Brendan O’Meara 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Specifically speaking, the toilet seat and flush handle are harboring germs and bacteria that need to be sanitized with the help of a disinfectant wipe.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
The building has been cleaned and sanitized since the massacre nine years ago, but bullet holes still dot the inside walls.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2025
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Olivia Campbell, Parents, 24 June 2025
Collaborating is either ghost writing or co-writing a book where the central figure has final say, a way of sanitizing the text.
—Brendan O’Meara 23, Literary Hub, 23 June 2025
Specifically speaking, the toilet seat and flush handle are harboring germs and bacteria that need to be sanitized with the help of a disinfectant wipe.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 22 June 2025
The building has been cleaned and sanitized since the massacre nine years ago, but bullet holes still dot the inside walls.
—Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanitize
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Clean and disinfect all parts of the home impacted by flood waters.—
Bebe Hodges,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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To disinfect the drum of a front-loading washing machine, add two cups of hydrogen peroxide and run an empty load on the clean cycle.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
13 June 2025
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What was true about farms is true about the factories and mills that Americans romanticize to this day.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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The social norms, peer pressure, romanticizing of alcohol as a balm in times of crisis and celebration, all swirls into a complex challenge for public health leaders.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
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Patterson warns that people should not touch bats and should be sure to decontaminate after visiting bat habitat to avoid spreading it.—
Shelly Bradbury,
Denver Post,
27 June 2025
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Also, the robots will need to be decontaminated, and nobody is going to want to have to deal with some sort of special, gentle, robot-friendly decontamination procedure.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
13 Nov. 2014
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That sugarcoats the fact that CVN-80 had seen its delivery date shifted from September 2029 to July 2030.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Woods' caddie, Williams, didn't sugarcoat it but came clean.—
Devlina Sarkar,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 July 2025
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During a May 19 town hall meeting with NIH staff members, Jay Bhattacharya, the institute’s new director, equivocated when asked about funding cuts for research into improving the health of racial and ethnic minorities — cuts made under the guise of purging DEI from the government.—
Rachana Pradhan,
CNN Money,
8 July 2025
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All 12 seasons and 264 episodes of MSW were purged from Peacock this morning, despite the fact that the series is owned and distributed by Universal Television, sibling studio to the streamer.—
Josef Adalian,
Vulture,
1 July 2025
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Goodness knows, with the help of costume designer Nanette Acosta, and whoever did her hair and makeup, Anderson transforms into something of a brainy, idealized 1940s Hollywood or Broadway ingenue.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Ideas From Other Sectors Finding inspiration is always difficult, especially because, in my opinion, the most common mistake is falling in love with your own ideas, idealizing them.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Similar in neo-Gothic style, but purified in form and detail.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Defenseless Christians in Nigeria and Syria have recently been attacked by extremists intent on purifying those lands for Islam.—
Nina Shea,
National Review,
30 June 2025
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But as the strikes intensified, targeting infrastructure and killing ordinary citizens, many Iranians began to conclude that the attacks were not merely a war against the regime but a war against the nation itself.—
MOHAMMAD AYATOLLAHI TABAAR,
Foreign Affairs,
8 July 2025
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Recent layoff announcements have only intensified these concerns.—
C200,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
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“Sanitize.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanitize. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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