distilled

verb

past tense of distill
1
as in dripped
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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2
as in filtered
to remove usually visible impurities from distill the water before pouring it in the steam iron

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Recent Examples of distilled And Todd’s writing got really distilled on these last couple of records. — Josh Crutchmer, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2026 The agaves were cooked in a conical stone oven, milled using a tahona stone, fermented in pinewood vats for 10 days with wild yeast, and double distilled in copper pot stills. — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2026 Pioneered in the island nation’s Dennery District, the genre is a drum-heavy, chant-forward offshoot of soca that blends elements of kuduro and zouk with Kwéyòl lyrics and a dancehall attitude, distilled through a distinctly Lucian lens. — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 20 Oct. 2026 Government attorneys counter that Congress properly restricted where spirits can be distilled to prevent producers from evading federal excise taxes. — Michael Kunzelman, Fortune, 19 Oct. 2026 But Williams, with her trademark video diaries, has distilled a vision of contemporary New York to its purest essence. — Dan Adler, Vanity Fair, 13 Oct. 2026 Wooler Brands produces two spirits, a Kentucky straight bourbon called Wooler Whiskey, distilled in Bardstown, Kentucky, and JP Vodka, distilled from 100 percent corn mash in Texas. — Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 9 Oct. 2026 Know More State AFL-CIOs and affiliates conducted thousands of surveys of union members and non-union workers over 2024 and 2025, gleaning insights that were then distilled down to the bullet points that appear in the contracts. — Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2026 The path of regulation In 2022, the Congressional Budget Office distilled decades of health care policy fights into a single PowerPoint slide. — Bob Herman, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for distilled
  1. dripped
  2. filtered
  3. poured
  4. refined
  5. flowed
  6. extracted
  7. clarified
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  • As that water dripped across the shelter floor, calcium carbonate settled on anything lying around—logs, leaves, pine cones, and Neanderthal tools.
    — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The castles are built by hand using sprayed and dripped water to form pillars, tunnels, fountains, crawl spaces and slides.
    — Christa Swanson, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of dripped
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  • The database can be filtered by gender, region, size and other characteristics, providing a more detailed view of the populations brands are designing for.
    — Fairchild Studio, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Results can be searched and filtered, and files can be previewed before recovery.
    — StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of filtered
Verb
  • In 2025 the hyperscalers alone poured more than $300 billion into data centers, chips, and grid capacity, and that spend is doing real work in the top-line growth figures.
    — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • George poured in 38 points on 12-of-21 shooting from the floor, including 7-of-12 from beyond the arc.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of poured
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  • The techniques were refined between the wars by the French, British, German, and Spanish armed forces, and during the Second World War, tens of thousands of casualties were flown across the European and Pacific theaters.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The wristwear was predictably refined—in terms of both aesthetics and proportions—reflecting the growing appeal of the small dress watch.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of refined
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  • From there, wine flowed as attendees tucked into filet mignon and sea bass while chatting across large burgundy floral centerpieces.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2026
  • While the broader economy has grown at a healthy rate, the gains have disproportionately flowed to the wealthiest households.
    — Josephine Murphy, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of flowed
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  • Raw inputs are extracted from the periphery, refined and assembled in the metropole, and sold back at a markup.
    — NIALL FERGUSON, Foreign Affairs, 20 Oct. 2026
  • In that moment, walking through room after room of marble and silk and silver, all of it extracted from illiterate workers in the fields and fishing boats on the horizon, the reasons for the Protestant Reformation became fully clear to me.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of extracted
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  • The California Department of Education clarified that a waiver the district received only applies to the 80% staffing rule and does not extend the three-year spending deadline, meaning unexpended funds revert to the state.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Officials do not know what caused the chemical release, which the city clarified was not an explosion.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 21 Oct. 2026
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