Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rewetting
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Experts advise using them gently, wearing protective eyewear, and rinsing the grill after brushing.—
Carolyn Gusoff,
CBS News,
14 Apr. 2026 -
The program mimics the routine for produce in consumers’ kitchens, typically rinsing it for 15–20 seconds, before testing for pesticides.—
Andrew Adam Newman,
Fortune,
13 Apr. 2026
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Flight attendants emphasize closing the toilet lid before flushing to help limit the spread of germs in tight airplane lavatories.—
Joey Skladany,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Apr. 2026
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Engineers suspect a clogged filter in the overboard flushing system.—
Marcia Dunn,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Inspect your plants frequently and pick off caterpillars, dunking them in a bucket of soapy water.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2026
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Johansson scores his 200th On a tremendous play by Boldy to fend off Brandon Montour and spin for a backdoor pass, Johansson snapped an eight-game goal drought by slam-dunking his 200th goal.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2026
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The dam was built to control floods from the Colorado River while also irrigating the Southwest.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
23 Mar. 2026
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Make sure plants are well watered going into fall and winter, and check soil moisture regularly over winter, irrigating as needed to maintain moist, but not wet, soil.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
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Avoid saturating the mattress — over-wetting is one of the most common mistakes people make, and excess moisture trapped inside the mattress can lead to mold growth, creating an entirely new allergen problem.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2026
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Avoid puddling or saturating the soil.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
3 Apr. 2026
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The massive amounts of debris that impact created then crashed back to the lunar surface, creating a tidal wave 11 times taller than Mount Everest and then sloshing around for two hours to form the outer two of the basin’s three concentric rims.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
4 Apr. 2026
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The common factor in all of this is the Federal Reserve (albeit acting in very good faith in response to successive defense, financial and health crises) increased the amount of money sloshing around relative to the size of the economy to unprecedented levels.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
15 Feb. 2026
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Females produce large gametes and our bodies are organized around gestation and birth; males have small gametes and their bodies are organized around impregnating.—
Paisley Currah,
The New York Review of Books,
18 Dec. 2025
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Sealing granite surfaces with an impregnating sealer supplies protection against stains.—
Caitlin Sole,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 Nov. 2025
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The shot of the sun, as it slowly and then completely disappears behind the moon, takes up the top half of the 58-foot-tall screen, while the shot of the Maine landscape, dipping from daylight to mid-day darkness and back again, sits below.—
Mia Galuppo,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026
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And, for the record, Wendy's endorses the practice of dipping salty fries into sweet Frostys.—
Bob Vitale,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Rewetting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rewetting. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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