as in to wash
to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse rinse that shirt immediately, or the paint will set

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Recent Examples of rinse An employee rinsed a dish in the hand-washing sink. Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 1 Nov. 2025 Cook the pasta until tender, then drain in a colander and rinse in cold water. Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025 Just rinse with water to reveal a squeaky-clean complexion. Kiana Murden, Vogue, 17 Oct. 2025 Each day on Capitol Hill for the last 16 days is the same: a press conference (or five), lawmaker demonstrations, partisan fights, rinse, repeat. Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 16 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rinse
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  • Employees unable to properly wash their hands and food storage units that can’t keep the hot food hot or the cold food cold got a West Miami-Dade bakery in hot water with state inspectors.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • After assisting a customer, an employee put on gloves and scooped ice from the ice machine without washing their hands.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 7 Nov. 2025
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  • As the migrants boarded, a man hoisted one of the passengers in the air, a fussing 8-month-old baby whose face was flushed red from the heat.
    Daniel Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The equipment is then flushed clean with hot water to prepare for the next customer.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2025

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“Rinse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rinse. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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