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Recent Examples of wipe
Far more than halting David’s business plans, that amount of money would wipe them out.
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
Cleaning up social media accounts while job hunting took an all new meaning following the election of Pope Leo XIV, who wiped his personal accounts and made his first official post as pontiff this week.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Told that the $250 million raised was comparable to the interest payments starving third world countries were paying to superpower debtor nations, Bono and friends pushed those nations to wipe the debts.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 May 2025
Lightly wipe, dab with a cotton ball, or use a spray bottle when applying the salt.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
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David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2025
Cleaning up social media accounts while job hunting took an all new meaning following the election of Pope Leo XIV, who wiped his personal accounts and made his first official post as pontiff this week.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 15 May 2025
Told that the $250 million raised was comparable to the interest payments starving third world countries were paying to superpower debtor nations, Bono and friends pushed those nations to wipe the debts.
—Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 15 May 2025
Lightly wipe, dab with a cotton ball, or use a spray bottle when applying the salt.
—Mark Gurarie, Verywell Health, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipe
Verb
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Was scrubbed from Friday because of bad weather in the launch recovery zone in the Atlantic.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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That may include changing your sheets, taking out the trash, running the dishwasher, scrubbing your tub, or emptying your fridge of perishables that might expire.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
26 May 2025
Verb
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If your machines are not designed to wash, rinse, and spin-dry such bulky items, a large duvet could ruin the spin mechanism.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
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The air of familiarity goes a long way in establishing a new story and avoiding a wash, rinse and repeat cycle involving any stories or other characters from The Karate Kid movies and Cobra Kai.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Roombas vacuum on their own, and the Roomba Plus 405 also mops your floors as well.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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Advanced mopping The mop itself is an advanced design over some of the early vacuum mops.—
Larry Magid,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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Longview Spring Hill took Game 2 of their 4A Division II state semifinal, 2-0, to sweep the series and advance to the championship game.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 May 2025
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For decades, our workers have swept the streets and then put the refuse in bags next to the garbage pails on street corners.—
Peter Madonia,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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This often includes disinfecting boots and brushing off any soil or plant material.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
29 May 2025
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Our lives are assembled from hundreds of small rituals: brushing our teeth, brewing our morning coffee, or arranging our pillows just so before going to be.—
Tom Mylan,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 May 2025
Verb
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The linen cotton blend isn’t see-through and is safe to machine wash on a gentle cycle and even tumble dry on low afterward.—
Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
27 May 2025
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The brand recommends washing the mat in cold water on the gentle cycle, and tumble drying it on a low speed or laying it flat to air dry.—
Toni Sutton,
People.com,
25 May 2025
Verb
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Deen said housekeepers are often required to clean a room every 15 minutes, which leads to injuries and less-clean rooms.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
31 May 2025
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Add Aquatic Plants Aquatic plants not only look serene, but help clean the water and provide shade for fish.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2025
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That included a spacewalk by Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore to swab the outside of the space station to see if Earth microbes could survive and maybe even thrive in space.—
The Learning Network,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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The next step was to swab their DNA and put their official ancestry to the test.—
ByAndrew Curry,
science.org,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Wipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wipe. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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