as in flushing
to pour liquid over or through in order to cleanse
rinse that shirt immediately, or the paint will set
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Recent Examples of rinsing
Cleanup was as easy as removing the basket and filter and rinsing them out with a garden hose.
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PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
From there, most of the trailer consists of rapid-fire flashes of unsettling imagery, including a man yelling with blood dripping from his mouth, muddy human footsteps on a hardwood floor, blood rinsing down a bathtub drain, and a distressed shriek from Indy.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025
About an hour ferry ride from Milazzo, Vulcano lures visitors with its active volcano, Gran Cratere, and open-air mud baths just steps from the port, where bathers slather on the mineral-rich goodness before rinsing in the sea.
—Nicky Swallow, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Massage it into your scalp for a minute and work the formula through your middle and ends when rinsing it out.
—Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 22 Dec. 2024
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PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2025
From there, most of the trailer consists of rapid-fire flashes of unsettling imagery, including a man yelling with blood dripping from his mouth, muddy human footsteps on a hardwood floor, blood rinsing down a bathtub drain, and a distressed shriek from Indy.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 23 Aug. 2025
About an hour ferry ride from Milazzo, Vulcano lures visitors with its active volcano, Gran Cratere, and open-air mud baths just steps from the port, where bathers slather on the mineral-rich goodness before rinsing in the sea.
—Nicky Swallow, Travel + Leisure, 19 Aug. 2025
Massage it into your scalp for a minute and work the formula through your middle and ends when rinsing it out.
—Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rinsing
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But to see the water swirl around the bowl as the flushing sound was made?—
Jordan Hoffman,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Sep. 2025
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Nix operated well on the move on a few plays, but threw two interceptions while flushing himself from the pocket.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
8 Sep. 2025
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Breaking Bad actor Raymond Cruz was arrested Monday on suspicion of misdemeanor battery after allegedly spraying someone with a hose while washing his car in front of his home in Los Angeles.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
9 Sep. 2025
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And increasing floods linked to climate change are thought to be washing the creatures further and further afield.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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The Hortmans’ assassination received a flurry of coverage over the strange circumstances under which it was carried out, with pictures of Boelter in his silicone mask initially flooding social media.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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But then the torrent of anonymous text messages that would put their relationship to the test began flooding in.—
Liam Quinn,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Rinsing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rinsing. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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