as in to clean
to remove the dirt from
in preparation for one of her mother-in-law's dreaded visits, she had GI'd the whole house
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Recent Examples of GI
Filip Timotija, The Hill, 27 Sep. 2025
Career counseling and transition assistance programs are suspended, the GI Bill Hotline and VA regional offices close, and public affairs and outreach activities are paused.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
So, Ritual took this information and created an iron supplement that slowly releases ferrous bisglycinate iron, over six hours, to ride the body’s natural hormone wave and support GI comfort.
—Kristine Thomason, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
All parts of this plant contains saponins, which can cause salivation, vomiting and GI upset.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
The 24-hour Veterans Crisis Line would still work and VA hospitals would remain open, but other services would halt temporarily, including the GI Bill Hotline, VA benefits regional offices and some others.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 27 Sep. 2025
Career counseling and transition assistance programs are suspended, the GI Bill Hotline and VA regional offices close, and public affairs and outreach activities are paused.
—Aliss Higham, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
So, Ritual took this information and created an iron supplement that slowly releases ferrous bisglycinate iron, over six hours, to ride the body’s natural hormone wave and support GI comfort.
—Kristine Thomason, Vogue, 24 Sep. 2025
All parts of this plant contains saponins, which can cause salivation, vomiting and GI upset.
—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for GI
Verb
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Don’t reuse contact lens solution that’s been sitting in your case; clean the case with fresh solution at least once a week and leave it open to air dry; and never use tap water or saliva as a wetting agent.—
Holly Burns,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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Staff at the cemetery assigned each student a set of graves to clean in a section of the cemetery that needed grounds maintenance.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
23 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Under the guise of search and rescue, Beijing deploys a massive air and naval force that quarantines the island.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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South Korea launched its first Changbogo-III Batch-II class submarine on Wednesday, marking a major milestone in the country’s push to expand its indigenous naval capabilities.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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And then there's the dish brush, which scrubs away grease and grime with less effort.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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Machitar finally took the boots, picked up a cotton swab and started scrubbing.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The Air Force's largest military cargo aircraft was used to lift an amphibious screw tractor to the site to help with ice removal.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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But any agreement reached will be just one touchstone in a thorny and volatile great power rivalry between the world’s superpower democracy and an authoritarian China, whose growing military assertiveness under Xi in the East and South China Seas is rattling US allies in the region.—
Betsy Klein,
CNN Money,
30 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some filters can be rinsed under running water.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
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Afterward, scrub the glass gently and rinse well with hot water.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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And at Joe’s Pizza, the counter-service classic continues to represent what many locals consider a textbook New York slice—thin, quick and best eaten folded.—
Alice Gibbs,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Oct. 2025
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The event welcomed high school and community college students, as well as military veterans exploring post-service careers.—
News Release,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Governments have turned to the Kremlin’s private mercenary army, the Africa Corps — formerly known as the Wagner Group — for protection.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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The protagonist’s diabolical plot is fuelled by an unmanageable tangle of emotions, including raging jealousy, mercenary self-interest, and resentment of Eileen’s professional and intellectual accomplishments, which sparks shame at her own cosseted frivolity.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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With 20,000 troops and tens of thousands of allied militiamen, Turkey has controlled significant swathes of territory across five northern Syrian provinces since 2016.—
Kamran Bokhari,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The president led 15,000 federalized militiamen from Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania into the west—though no rebel army materialized to oppose them.—
Time,
Time,
2 July 2025
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“GI.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/GI. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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