swabbed

verb

past tense of swab
as in wiped

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  1. scrubbed
  2. rinsed
  3. brushed
  4. cleaned
  5. swept
  6. combed
  7. scoured
  8. dusted
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  • The President’s name was removed from the facade that month, and scrubbed from the center’s letterhead, website, and other official branding.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
  • MiniMax denies the allegations in its defense, but the superhero videos have been quietly scrubbed from its YouTube account.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of scrubbed
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  • Once rinsed, transfer to a clean dish towel and gently pat them dry.
    — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026
  • It might be further spread by the industrial washing process, where many pieces of produce are rinsed in the same water.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of rinsed
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  • In one part of the experiment, a person wearing a virtual reality headset watched a stranger’s face being brushed on the cheek while feeling that same stroke on their own cheek for 120 seconds.
    — Nicole Karlis, Allure, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Brockman thanked Dresser for her contributions and for building the enterprise foundation, and also brushed off concerns surrounding the competitive threat of open-source models from China, the person said.
    — Ashley Capoot,Kate Rooney, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of brushed
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  • The company said the hot tub is completely drained, cleaned and refilled with fresh water in between sessions.
    — Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The bathroom gets cleaned every day; the keyboard everyone shares does not.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleaned
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  • In Ohio, power outages swept the state capital region, and at least one death was reported.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • But in 2024, rebels led by now-President Ahmed al-Sharaa swept across Syria in a lightning offensive that lasted less than two weeks.
    — Kinda Makieh, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of swept
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  • Tailored button-up shirt, dark slacks, her cropped silver hair combed sleekly back.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026
  • The set is Oeko-Tex certified and made from 200 thread-count,yarn-dyed combed cotton percale.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of combed
Verb
  • Journalists analyzed databases, scoured thousands of pages of documents and traveled to three states to illuminate a core finding of over $300 million in fraud.
    — Craig Whitlock, Washington Post, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Over 10 days, hunters scoured locations like Everglades National Forest to remove as many Burmese pythons (Python bivittatus) as possible in an effort to promote ongoing mitigation efforts against the destructive invasive species.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of scoured
Verb
  • There’s local cheese dusted with bee pollen from the island’s own hives.
    — Monica Mendal, Vogue, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Dinner consists of 14 courses, with plenty of flair—dramatic blowtorch sears, smoke delivered by balloon, even select cuts of fish dusted with edible glitter.
    — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of dusted
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