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1
as in to drip
to fall or let fall in or as if in drops
the basement walls distill water every time it rains heavily
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as in to filter
to remove usually visible impurities from
distill the water before pouring it in the steam iron
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Recent Examples of distill
And on the local side, there is Bucked Up Churro Whiskey out of Sonoma County, distilled at the Sonoma Brothers’ distillery in Healdsburg.
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Jeff Burkhart, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
This distilled into denim bottoms that reflected the material’s sturdiness, which moved with a flourish.
—Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Ethanol, which is distilled from corn, is itself more expensive than crude oil, said Bulat Gafarov, an assistant professor at UC Davis’ Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Each week, the mission here is to distill the previous five days’ worth of fantasy football news and notes into a tidy brief, loaded with need-to-know info.
—Andy Behrens, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Jeff Burkhart, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
This distilled into denim bottoms that reflected the material’s sturdiness, which moved with a flourish.
—Footwear News, 15 Oct. 2025
Ethanol, which is distilled from corn, is itself more expensive than crude oil, said Bulat Gafarov, an assistant professor at UC Davis’ Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
—Ariane Lange, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Each week, the mission here is to distill the previous five days’ worth of fantasy football news and notes into a tidy brief, loaded with need-to-know info.
—Andy Behrens, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for distill
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Hadid's looks for the night included a lace lingerie piece dripping in silver fringe and a red hot satin bra with a matching garter and underwear, along with a floor-sweeping robe.—
Angel Saunders,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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And twenty miles across the fjord’s channel, three sea kayakers camping on high ground woke up to ocean water dripping into their tent, their gear strewn across the shore.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN Money,
22 Oct. 2025
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And not having to filter out bugs and debris from a shallow puddle is also rare.—
Joan Meiners,
AZCentral.com,
27 Oct. 2025
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My favorite is amber mode, which has a warm glow that filters 99% of blue light.—
Erin Mayer,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 Oct. 2025
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Responding to one analyst who believed the closing of the Versace deal was complete, Guerra clarified that the transaction is not closed.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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The report does not clarify if this will lead to widespread layoffs.—
Abhishek Bhardwaj,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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The formula blends niacinamide, essential ceramides, hyaluronic acid, and Centella asiatica extract into a base of luxe shea butter to restore and strengthen the lips’ delicate skin.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
25 Oct. 2025
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Here’s How to Tell To extract that DNA, the researchers had to get samples from the paleofeces from the cave.—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
24 Oct. 2025
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Like the process of purifying reuse water, the desalination process is more expensive than the typical methods of treating non-brackish groundwater for consumption.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Oct. 2025
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These stem cells are purified in a lab, and then modified using an inactivated form of the virus that causes HIV.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Distill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/distill. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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