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Recent Examples of dehydrate If you are dehydrated, this process is hindered, and post-workout recovery can be delayed. Angelica Bottaro, Verywell Health, 14 Apr. 2025 The process of dehydrating foods removes moisture, and in doing so can prevent bacteria growth and keep your snacks and ingredients fresher for longer. Jordan Liberty Phillips, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Apr. 2025 One ingenious dish featured a tomato that had been dehydrated, then rehydrated in concentrated tomato water—the tomato deepened by more of itself. Coke Bartrina, Travel + Leisure, 15 Mar. 2025 Lichens that are not dehydrated are more prone to damage from ionizing radiation. Elizabeth Rayne, ArsTechnica, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for dehydrate
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Verb
  • But their deadly design may undermine human health, too.
    Matt Fuchs, Time, 5 June 2025
  • The voucher program, which provides tax money to help pay for private and parochial school tuition, has undermined public education.
    Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 5 June 2025
Verb
  • Continue the drying cycle, and check every 30 minutes or so until the duvet is dry.
    Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 31 May 2025
  • The whisky presents rich sherry cask aromas on the nose, featuring stewed and dried fruits, chocolate, and toasted nuts.
    Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Verb
  • Bias, inaccuracies and missing values can all weaken model reliability.
    Tor Constantino, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Coercing democratic allies such as Canada or Denmark more broadly weakens trust in U.S. alliances; threatening Panama reawakens fears of imperialism throughout Latin America; crippling the U.S. Agency for International Development undercuts the United States’ reputation for benevolence.
    Robert O. Keohane, Foreign Affairs, 2 June 2025
Verb
  • Reserve forward Obi Toppin helped swing the game, draining five 3s off the bench.
    Greg Rosenstein, NBC news, 6 June 2025
  • These unnecessary burdens slow them down, drain their energy, and keep them from reaching their next level.
    Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 6 June 2025
Verb
  • In a world that has been desiccated of its resources, and of its ability to care about each other, the people in this novel don’t cry anymore.
    Emily Temple May 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025
  • Avoid hot, exposed sites which will cause foliage to desiccate.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The visa expired in February 2023, but Soliman has not exhausted legal efforts to remain in the U.S., according to NBC.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 3 June 2025
  • The object could be a white dwarf—an Earth-sized husk that remains after a star has exhausted its nuclear fuel.
    Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • Nearly every day brings a fresh breach of what were once thought to be the rules, moves that have thrilled his insurgent supporters and petrified his nervous opponents.
    Peter Baker, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
  • He was petrified by the thought of dying of cancer or some other disease whose senselessness disgusted him.
    Ian Buruma, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Sienna, 8, wore her hair in adorable pigtails while Ciara wore a middle part with loose curls pulled back.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 4 June 2025
  • One Amazon reviewer wore them during a trip to Italy and said their feet felt great after being on them all day in the heat.
    Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 4 June 2025

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“Dehydrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dehydrate. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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