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- verb Present participle of
sanitize .
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Examples
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"The sanitizing was a team effort, led by Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, along with Wikipedia administrators and people at The Times," reports Richard Perez-Pena.
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A debate broke out over the handling of the photo, and the "sanitizing" of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to date.
Greg Mitchell: Brave Editor Defends Publishing AP's Controversial "Dying Marine" Photo 2009
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Film "sanitizing", where companies from red states edit films made in a blue state to make them less blue -- without the permission of the filmmaker or the studio -- was about to be made legal by Congress, even though it clearly flies in the face of hundreds of years of copyright law.
Marshall Herskovitz: Where was the filibuster over film "sanitizing?" 2008
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I was in Washington last week, making a last ditch attempt to convince the unlistening that film "sanitizing" is bad.
Marshall Herskovitz: Where was the filibuster over film "sanitizing?" 2008
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The problem is, however, that "voices heard" translates, in this case, to the "sanitizing" of someone else's.
Will sensitivity about racism turn racism into a taboo subject? Ann Althouse 2007
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I was also wondering about the fact that I just swirl the stuff in water ... and if the veggies are imported from Mexico. .how come we aren't warned to use the "sanitizing" drops?
vegetable garden 2004
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I was also wondering about the fact that I just swirl the stuff in water ... and if the veggies are imported from Mexico. .how come we aren't warned to use the "sanitizing" drops?
vegetable garden 2004
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I was also wondering about the fact that I just swirl the stuff in water ... and if the veggies are imported from Mexico. .how come we aren't warned to use the "sanitizing" drops?
vegetable garden 2004
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I'm not saying the tape of Senator Johnson is nearly as distasteful as any of the above, but on your view, it would seem to be "sanitizing" to choose not to show them.
"There isn't a thing that's changed." Ann Althouse 2006
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I was also wondering about the fact that I just swirl the stuff in water ... and if the veggies are imported from Mexico. .how come we aren't warned to use the "sanitizing" drops?
vegetable garden 2004
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