deterge

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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
  • 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
Verb
  • The embezzlement accusations would turn out to be just the beginning of Ozer’s troubles.
    Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The Wall Street Journal reports that regardless of how that fiscal tug-of- war turns out, health insurance premiums paid by Americans are expected to rise another 8% or 9% next year.
    Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 23 Oct. 2025
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“Deterge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/deterge. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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