remoistening

verb

present participle of remoisten
as in refreshing

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  1. refreshing
  2. rinsing
  3. flushing
  4. irrigating
  5. dunking
  6. wetting
Verb
  • Coca-Cola is refreshing its beverage lineup with a series of new fruit flavors.
    — Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
  • As advertising platforms make decisions in real time, organizations refreshing creative on quarterly schedules will spend more of their budget reacting to changes the platform has already made instead of keeping pace with them.
    — Matt Jayson, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of refreshing
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  • Employee was observed rinsing vegetables in the hand wash sink.
    — NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Just after midnight on October 1, police say that video from the victim’s camera showed Wang rinsing out the victim’s coffee mug with a liquid from her own.
    — Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2026
Definition of rinsing
Verb
  • The scientists are planning to travel there in 2028 to deploy instruments able to document the flushing in and out of seawater.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Next to the kitchen is the bathroom, which has a walk-in shower and a flushing toilet.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of flushing
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  • Almost all water scientists and activists point out that more than half of the river (52%) goes to irrigating agriculture.
    — Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The Colorado River is a lifeline for the Southwest, providing water to around 40 million people and irrigating more than 5 million acres of farmland.
    — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of irrigating
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  • That includes dunking your head into a bowl of ice water to trigger your mammalian dive reflex.
    — Lennon Sherburne, NPR, 3 Oct. 2026
  • But this isn't merely a case of taking the company's already bonkers electric supermoto, dunking it in ink and calling it special.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of dunking
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  • Havenith said deliberately wetting clothing can provide evaporative cooling, including for older adults who may not sweat as effectively.
    — Aya Diab, Los Angeles Times, 26 Aug. 2026
  • For best results, water deeply at the base of the plant, allowing moisture to soak into the root zone rather than wetting the foliage, says Kelly Funk, president and CEO of Jackson & Perkins.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of wetting
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“Remoistening.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/remoistening. Accessed 21 Oct. 2026.

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