Example Sentences

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The reward is purging excess clutter makes a small house feel bigger and more functional.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 10, 2023

It’s not totally clear why Twitter is purging the U.S. government accounts.

From Slate • Jan. 20, 2021

Abdel-Hafiz does not believe the FBI is purging Muslims as a deliberate strategy.

From The Guardian • Mar. 22, 2017

Occasionally there is purging; but much oftener constipation, that bids defiance to almost every medicine.

From The Dog by Youatt, William

When it is purging itself of the latter, the nation is progressive; when the false are retained, their poison spreads and the nation decays.

From The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion by Brinton, Daniel Garrison