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leached

  • past participle of leach.
  • past tense form of leach.

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The material is then leached into a wine‑red liquid, filtered, evaporated and finally transformed into a fine white powder -- lithium.

From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026

A carbon water filter can also reduce potential exposure to chemicals and pesticides that may have leached into your water.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The authors of the Communications Earth and Environment paper cite, for example, research showing hydrochloric acid emitted from solid rocket launches killing fish after it leached into nearby water.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2025

The research team demonstrated in a study published last year, that chemicals were leached from microplastics into human sweat.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

All the color had been leached from Winterfell until only grey and white remained.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

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