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dry-cleans

verb

present tense third-person singular of dry-clean
as in wipes

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dry-cleans
  1. sweeps
  2. brushes
  3. dusts
  4. scrubs
  5. turns out
  6. vacuums
  7. rinses
  8. cleans
Verb
  • The Pitt and Widow’s Bay finally capped off their awards sweeps for the night, foregone conclusions by that point.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Intimate and immersive, the film sweeps across four years and a dozen countries.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of sweeps
Verb
  • Vicki brushes it off, and even Shannon can’t defend her friend’s callousness.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Fertitta brushes off the scuffle between his president and Meloni.
    — CNN Money, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of brushes
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  • Winter is also a wonderful surprise, when soft snow blankets valley trails and dusts the mountaintops.
    — Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026
  • Snow sometimes dusts the surrounding slopes, melting by afternoon into damp earth as manzanita and mountain lilac begin to flower.
    — Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026
Definition of dusts
Verb
  • The Cece Hand Wash effectively scrubs away dead skin cells, dirt, and grime with a clean, hydrating, antioxidant-rich formula featuring rosella extract and argan oil.
    — Irene Richardson, InStyle, 16 June 2026
  • Prime lips for a perfectly smooth, even application using the 3-in-1 Lip Scrub pen, which gently scrubs away dead skin with super-fine sugar granules and keeps lips hydrated with nourishing shea butter and algae.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 May 2026
Definition of scrubs
Verb
  • Time for Tyler to make a perfectly reasonable assumption that quickly turns out to be very wrong.
    — Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The driver turns out to be a former co-worker of Ho-seok’s, and for initially unspecified reasons, refuses to take them.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of turns out
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  • These monstrous masses are themselves dark, but their formidable gravity violently vacuums up gas and other nearby matter, generating rings of hot, swirling detritus that completely outshine the stars around them.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Undersides of Furniture While virtually everyone vacuums around and under furniture, the underside rarely gets tended to.
    — Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 27 July 2026
Definition of vacuums
Verb
  • Plus, its self-cleaning function rinses the brushroll after each use and dumps the debris into the dirt tank.
    — Sian Babish, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Moisture is why LaMarita never rinses cauliflower before tucking it into the crisper.
    — Randi Gollin, Martha Stewart, 2 Apr. 2026
Definition of rinses
Verb
  • There’s a very quick interview about filmmaking (and concrete) with Sopranos star and Ridgewood regular Michael Imperioli, and a longer interview with a guy who cleans gum off sidewalks professionally.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Perdomo Torres, 27, was one of seven people in a van owned by Professional Ocean Service Corp, a company that cleans planes.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of cleans
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