purged

past tense of purge

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of purged 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 Since 2022, according to data compiled by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the party has formally purged three dozen generals and lieutenant generals, and many more are conspicuously missing. — Andrew Mertha, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026 The top 10 percent of the entire military chain of command has been purged. — CBS News, 6 Sep. 2026 Black and female military officers have been purged or denied promotion. — Charles Finch, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2026 Immigration courts are backed up and judges have been purged. — Shimon Prokupecz, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 The roster of the previous Miami regime has largely been purged, but some players remain who were teammates with Tagovailoa. — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 27 Aug. 2026 And with the Dolphins on the front end of a rebuild, having purged key names such as Tua Tagoailoa and Tyreek Hill in favor of rookies as well as veterans on one-year deals, his words certainly hit home. — Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for purged
Verb
  • The company bought the building in 1997 for $220 million, restored the lobby and some other spaces, and sold it off gradually, exiting in 2008 in a deal that put the building’s value at $800 million.
    — Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2026
  • The request does not apply to planning, measurements, soil surveys, or other measures with minor impacts that can be easily restored.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • These were journeys that both cleansed my soul and offered it a new kind of nourishment.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026
  • A lot happened while Rohan and I were on vacation, but the one thing still on my mind — freshly cleansed by Hudson Valley air — is Kevin Warsh’s speech in Jackson Hole.
    — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • But what if the water and nutrients could be purified from whey permeate and used for other purposes?
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Once hydrogen is flowing from the ground, how will the gas be purified?
    — IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Wolfpack went 2-7 in the regular season against a brutal schedule, but Reid Hites healed and returned to lead them on a three-game winning streak and Prep Bowl victory over Morgan Park.
    — Mike McGraw, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Snell is looking to make sure he is healed up for the postseason.
    — OutKick, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Guns became sacred, and violence was increasingly justified, if not sanctified.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Aug. 2026
  • The church has always preached that humans are created in God’s image; by assuming the messy fragility of human form, God’s son sanctified human experience.
    — Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 10 Aug. 2026

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“Purged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/purged. Accessed 10 Oct. 2026.

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