Example Sentences

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When completed, the facilities will purify treated wastewater and produce 20 million gallons of drinking water per day, enough to supply about 250,000 people.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 14, 2024

Brain and her team connected the washers to the containers — including the large one for the plants that will purify the water used to do a few loads of laundry each day.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2021

“I will purify Mosul, I am a Sadrist,” they said, following a drill instructor, who was also wearing a turban.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2014

They claim that a pinch of the stuff will purify water.

From BusinessWeek • Jun. 23, 2011

His mother believes the coconuts will purify them, that the sweet white milk will heal them.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García