sanitize
verb (used with object)
to free from dirt, germs, etc., as by cleaning or sterilizing.
have sanitized
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present perfectof sanitize.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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City crews have sanitized Gage Avenue and Avalon Boulevard in South Los Angeles more than 20 times just this year, according to Price’s office.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
“Throughout the ordeal, they have sanitized the story to ensure Leviss would be seen as the arch-villain.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 29, 2024
Some of the recent pieces that I have seen are very graphic and angular and have sanitized, in a way, the emotion.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
These brokers have sanitized their operations so thoroughly that they never actually meet the seller.
From Time Magazine Archive
Yet some scholars have objected that popularizers of the diary have sanitized its content and distorted its message.
From Time Magazine Archive
