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adjective

as in uncontaminated

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verb

past tense of pasteurize
as in filtered

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Recent Examples of pasteurized
Adjective
For the most health benefits, opt for kombucha with no more than five grams of sugar per serving and avoid pasteurized versions, which reduce probiotic content. — Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 8 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasteurized
  1. uncontaminated
  2. filtered
  3. undiluted
  4. refined
  5. pure
  6. purified
  7. unadulterated
  8. distilled
Adjective
  • The city's website also includes guidelines regarding the disposal of sandbags — only dry and uncontaminated bags should be reused, and those that have been exposed to floodwaters should be placed in residents' bulk trash piles for collection.
    — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 28 May 2026
  • Lin collects uncontaminated plastics which include needle and medication caps, as well as plastic containers.
    — Molly McCrea, CBS News, 1 May 2026
Definition of uncontaminated
Verb
  • Maintain clean equipment and use filtered or bottled water; regularly clean the portafilter, steam wand, and machine.
    — Better Homes & Gardens, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026
  • For starters, neither file is filtered beyond building classification code.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 30 July 2026
Definition of filtered
Adjective
  • Remove Mold Stains From Painted Walls Kill mold spores and lighten moldy stains by spraying the area with undiluted hydrogen peroxide.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 14 July 2026
  • But the accountability stays, whole and undiluted, with the physician.
    — Afnan R. Tariq, STAT, 8 July 2026
Definition of undiluted
Verb
  • Like a Genesis, Oseyo blends heritage with innovation, delivering an experience that feels refined without sacrificing warmth or authenticity.
    — Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
  • Granny shoes represent a new balance between the everyday and the refined.
    — Alex Sales, Glamour, 24 July 2026
Definition of refined
Adjective
  • By producing pure, highly concentrated molecules that mimic the skin’s natural functions, Lewisham claims her products are more consistent, precise and sustainable.
    — Kati Chitrakorn, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • Reese and Styles were this draft’s best athletes, and there were other safeties in this class with better physical attributes, but Downs was the best pure football player in the class.
    — Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of pure
Verb
  • This gas will then be purified and concentrated, ready for export to local gas networks as what is termed renewable natural gas (RNG).
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 1 Aug. 2026
  • And here, the researchers simply purified the translation machinery and supplied it to the SpudCells.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Definition of purified
Adjective
  • Many who watched that win with unadulterated joy on NBC that Sunday suddenly felt like they may be getting used during the network broadcast of the SOTU on Tuesday.
    — Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 6 July 2026
  • All of these solutions are unevenly distributed, and the effects of unadulterated heat are concentrated on the country’s poor.
    — Henry Grabar, The Atlantic, 27 June 2026
Definition of unadulterated
Verb
  • The whiskey was originally distilled between January and June 2015, then aged for 11 years in #3 char American oak barrels.
    — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
  • After all, what is the nationality of an American model distilled from a Chinese model that was distilled from an American model?
    — Reed Albergotti, semafor.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of distilled

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