car wash
noun
1
: an area or structure equipped with facilities for washing automobiles
2
US
: an event at which people pay to have their cars washed to raise money for some purpose
Examples of car wash in a Sentence
Our church is having a car wash tomorrow from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
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Exxon Mobil Rewards+ If Exxon is your preferred gas station, Exxon Mobil Rewards+™ program members earn at least 3 cents per gallon in points on gas and 2 cents in points on every purchase of snacks, drinks, car washes and more.
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Ryley Amond, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
Bortolleto said she was troubled by the ICE raids of Connecticut car washes last year in Southington and Hamden.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Indeed, the American economy looks more and more like Big Law, overtorqued toward financial firms that are pushing into our retirement accounts, buying up our ophthalmologists and car washes, and are becoming the largest indirect employers in the country.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 5 Feb. 2026
One of his clients was Bayron Rovidio Marin, a car wash worker injured during a raid in August.
—Claudia Boyd-Barrett, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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Ryley Amond, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
Bortolleto said she was troubled by the ICE raids of Connecticut car washes last year in Southington and Hamden.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2026
Indeed, the American economy looks more and more like Big Law, overtorqued toward financial firms that are pushing into our retirement accounts, buying up our ophthalmologists and car washes, and are becoming the largest indirect employers in the country.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 5 Feb. 2026
One of his clients was Bayron Rovidio Marin, a car wash worker injured during a raid in August.
—Claudia Boyd-Barrett, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2026
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“Car wash.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/car%20wash. Accessed 23 Feb. 2026.
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