as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
old swabs swapping sea stories as they spend their last days in the veterans' home
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Recent Examples of swab
Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Clean your straightener, curling iron A cotton ball or swab dipped in rubbing alcohol is the easiest way to clean a flat iron or curling iron.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Michael Dorgan , Jacqui Heinrich , Liz Friden, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
To access this info, owners just swab the inside of their pet’s mouth, seal the sample in a prepaid postage envelope, and wait (for up to five weeks) for results to be sent to their inbox.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
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Noun
The flu is currently diagnosed via nasal or throat swab tests, which just became available for over-the-counter use last year.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Clean your straightener, curling iron A cotton ball or swab dipped in rubbing alcohol is the easiest way to clean a flat iron or curling iron.
—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
Their roles include collecting personal data, fingerprinting, DNA swabbing and photographing detainees so ICE agents can focus on enforcement.
—Michael Dorgan , Jacqui Heinrich , Liz Friden, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
To access this info, owners just swab the inside of their pet’s mouth, seal the sample in a prepaid postage envelope, and wait (for up to five weeks) for results to be sent to their inbox.
—Molly Higgins, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for swab
Noun
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The song is now cherished by the families of sailors who died.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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There were fitness tests twice a year, and Williams was focused on making sure her fellow sailors passed them.—
Michael Butler,
Miami Herald,
10 Nov. 2025
Verb
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An employee was using a hip towel to wipe their hands throughout their shift.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
31 Oct. 2025
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Her theory is that, in cleaning up the murder scene, the killer forgot to wipe the doorknob.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The only real-time observations available to the mariner were shore and ship reports.—
Keith Matheny,
Freep.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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By aiding mariners, Airy believed, such measurements provided a tangible service to the state that the newfangled spectroscopy might not be able to match.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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To clean them by hand, scrub the curtain with a soft cloth sprinkled with baking soda, then rinse.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
4 Nov. 2025
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Somebody is in the kitchen scrubbing your cast-iron pan with dish soap.—
Laura L. Davis,
Nashville Tennessean,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Covering Wisconsin is the state's navigator program and was created under the Affordable Care Act to provide free, impartial help signing up for coverage.—
Sarah Volpenhein,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Halfway between Australia and Hawaii, Nikumaroro plays a key role in one of two rival hypotheses that seek to explain what happened to the famed aviator Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, who went missing in 1937 while attempting to fly around the world.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
28 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Organic and lightly brushed with salmonella and fecal matter.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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Daily baguette runs to the local bakery – an errand that Anract says used to be as automatic and ritualistic as brushing teeth – have become less frequent.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Check the filter regularly and rinse it out any time food is trapped there.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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To further safeguard your teeth from the acidity, sip it through a straw or rinse your mouth with water after ingesting it.—
Julia Ries Wexler,
Health,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Then fill it with clean water and mop the floor again to rinse off any bleach residue.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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This self-emptying Shark robot vacuum has powerful suction and mopping capabilities, and works diligently to clean small spaces like under your bed or couch.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Swab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/swab. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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