SANITIZED Synonyms: 88 Similar and Opposite Words

sanitized

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past tense of sanitize

as in disinfected

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Nassar is one of more than 20,000 individuals whose names were recently purged from the Michigan State Police database.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026
Voting rights experts have expressed concern that misuse of the data could lead to legitimate voters being purged from rolls.

— Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

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For generations, the French have romanticized May ’68 for its ability to break the system and create radical change for women and the working class.

— Colette Davidson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 Oct. 2026
Okay, maybe that’s a bit romanticized, but that’s what this trip is all about.

— Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 21 Sep. 2026

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Adrià describes a world filtered through adolescence, where people, places and situations can appear idealized, magical or unsettling.

— Callum McLennan, Variety, 23 Sep. 2026
In these photographs, the maternal body enters spaces designed around seduction, aspiration, and idealized femininity without renouncing any of them.

— Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 7 Aug. 2026

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Those exhibiting suspicious symptoms had samples taken and sent to a laboratory for analysis, the ministry said on Saturday, adding that the vessel was also decontaminated.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Aug. 2026
The wire seals certify a vessel had either been decontaminated and inspected for invasive species or was last launched in the Lake Tahoe basin, agency officials said in a news release.

— Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 26 June 2026

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Bluey tells compelling stories of emotional intelligence and regulation in a way that doesn’t feel sugarcoated and is hopeful rather than escapist.

— Miranda Rake, Parents, 19 Feb. 2026
For its part, Housewives has sugarcoated neither Gay’s clashes with the Mormon Church and subsequent estrangement from some friends and family members, nor the painful excommunication of her castmate and cousin Whitney Rose.

— Judy Berman, Time, 12 Nov. 2025

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Russia also faces growing costs at home from Ukraine’s long-range strikes, which have disrupted energy and commercial infrastructure and heightened public anxiety over a prolonged war.

— Eric Ciaramella, Foreign Affairs, 14 Oct. 2026
Attacks in the Black Sea have also heightened fears about global food security, as Ukraine is one of the world’s largest exports of grain.

— Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026

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