Example Sentences

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A lab at the water-treatment plant is purifying wastewater with eco-friendly aquatic plants.

From New York Times • May 24, 2023

“I am not completely sure that this is purifying the water further, but I definitely can taste the improvement of taste,” writes one person who gave the sticks five stars.

From Slate • Mar. 2, 2019

Newest use, revealed last week by Westinghouse, is purifying the air for the blast furnaces at a new steel plant, where fumes and grit could quickly erode the high-speed blades of the blowers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ionics' specialty is purifying brackish water, which has a maximum of only 10,000 parts of dissolved contaminants per million parts of water.

From Time Magazine Archive

When at last she was safely gone I locked the door and sprayed myself with a preparation that is purifying.

From People Like That by Bosher, Kate Langley