As of 2019, Starbucks opens a new store every 15 hours in China. The coffee chain has grown by 700% over the past decade.
EXPURGATED
expurgated
(adjective) having material deleted; “at that time even Shakespeare was considered dangerous except in the expurgated versions”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
expurgated
simple past tense and past participle of expurgate
Adjective
expurgated (not comparable)
Having had erroneous, obscene, or other objectionable material removed.
Source: Wiktionary
EXPURGATE
Ex"pur*gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Expurgated(); p. pr. & vb. n. Expurgating().] Etym: [L. expurgatus, p.p. of expurgare to purge, purify; ex out, from + purgare to cleanse, purify, purge. See Purge, and cf. Spurge.]
Definition: To purify; to clear from anything noxious, offensive, or erroneous; to cleanse; to purge; as, to expurgate a book.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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