distilled
Americanadjective
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In Klee’s final years, he distilled line, color, sign and plane into a shorthand, pictographic language that, uniquely his own, achieved new urgency, freedom and monumentality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
A stage adaptation can’t duplicate the way Lumet visually distilled the rough-and-tumble New York zeitgeist of the tumultuous early 1970s.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 29, 2026
Mezcal is a distilled drink made from agave, the same plant group used to produce tequila.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 26, 2026
On the night of the encounter, he distilled his confusion and anger into a song, recording it the following morning in the small studio above his garage.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2026
—Thyon Nero: the alchemist who had distilled azoth.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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