Example Sentences

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In the coming days, Merchan — the judge overseeing the case — will distill the legalities into instructions for jurors that he will deliver after closing arguments as soon as this week.

From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024

Nothing’s press release says the Phone 1’s Nothing OS will distill Android to “just the essentials, where every byte has a purpose.”

From The Verge • Mar. 23, 2022

After a self-supervised computer system “watches” millions of YouTube videos, he said, it will distill some representation of the world from them.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2020

Further boiling will not drive out any more acid, but the solution will distill with unchanged concentration.

From An Elementary Study of Chemistry by McPherson, William

A chemist will distill for you the odor of a blown rose, or catch and hold captive the breath of the morning meadow, and do it always just the same, and ever with like results.

From The Evolution of Dodd by Smith, William Hawley