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
Cody Godwin, USA Today, 5 Oct. 2025
However, police did make an effort to get swabs from the girls for future DNA testing.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 29 Sep. 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
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
However, police did make an effort to get swabs from the girls for future DNA testing.
—Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 29 Sep. 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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Small crafts include owners of small to medium sized motor and sail boats, affecting fisherman, para-sailors, windsurfers and canoe paddlers.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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Paramount is definitely clearing its deck, along with plenty of sailors jumping — and being pushed — over the side.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Oct. 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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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
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Each mariner will be remembered with a bell rung.—
Emma George-Griffin,
Freep.com,
22 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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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
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At first, a nurse navigator’s day with a new patient is filled with questions—What is HER2?—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Use your hands to brush off or shake excess soil from the roots.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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The skewers of meat brushed with soy and roasted over coals on Belém’s streets arrived with Japanese migration to the region from the 1930s onward.—
Michael Snyder,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Turn the drain on to let the blade cut the ice and have the baking soda run through the system before rinsing the drain with cold water.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
3 Nov. 2025
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When the wafer is rinsed, these clumps redeposit onto the surface, causing the defects.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
2 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 9 Nov. 2025.
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