pure
adjective
free from anything of a different, inferior, or contaminating kind; free from extraneous matter.
purer
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comparativeof pure.comparative
The form of an adjective or adverb indicating a greater degree of a quality.
Example Sentences
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Microgravity manufacturing will allow purer and more-uniform crystals, alloys and drug compounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 3, 2026
"The work that we're doing now is allowing us to create semiconductors up to 4,000 times purer in space than we can currently make here today," says Josh Western, CEO of Space Forge.
From BBC ● Dec. 30, 2025
Kurita and Organo are purer plays on fab buildouts; Ecolab still makes most of its money keeping restaurant kitchens sanitary, while Xylem sells a lot of municipal pumps.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 12, 2025
But something else was drawing me back to Joyce, a need to breathe purer air.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 8, 2025
But apparently the machine had a purer soul than any human.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
