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Recent Examples of washout
Noun
Participants used an air purifier fitted with either a HEPA or non-HEPA filter for a month each, with a month-long washout period in between when no air purifier was used. Simon Spichak, Health, 20 Aug. 2025 The bridge over the stormwater culvert has not yet been fixed, but the River Park was able to repair the trail washout and put in a small detour. Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Verb
In my limited time with the device, the screen was easy to see indoors, but it got washed out in direct sunlight. Iyaz Akhtar, PC Magazine, 4 Sep. 2025 But this will result in the bright yellow leaves being over exposed and washed out. Mike De Sisti, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for washout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for washout
Noun
  • Bureau staff were told the group itself, already gutted as part of mass layoffs at the State Department in July, would refocus on migration diplomacy and disaster response rather than its traditional refugee focus.
    Ted Hesson, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That question frames an episode that opens not with battle, but with the kind of stillness that comes before disaster.
    JP Mangalindan, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • By this time, the Soviet Union had collapsed, leading Manuylov to start a business in the candy trade.
    Maria Williams, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Luckily, the airport had a failsafe in the form of a ground material designed to collapse under the plane's weight and stop it in its tracks.
    Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The coral, now bleached, is alive, but slowly starving.
    Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2025
  • For example, coral reefs are bleaching more often and dying due to ocean warming and acidification, undermining fisheries, marine biodiversity and economic sectors such as tourism.
    Lauren Gifford, Space.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The photo released shows what appears to be a man wearing a largely black outfit with an American flag on his shirt, a black cap, and black sunglasses.
    Connor Greene, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Posing next to Colman Domingo and Salma Hayek Pinault (who wore an elegant black Balenciaga suit dress), Moore’s glitzy look shone.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Turn the towel over and rinse each stain out with warm or hot water.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And make sure to rinse any nursing pads that have been soaked through with milk before placing them in the washing machine.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Wilson argued the Charlotte attack resulted from several failures, from lax ticket enforcement to reliance on private security, rather than policies from Cooper’s tenure.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Now, as a photojournalist working with the Kansas City Defender and as the creator of the upcoming podcast Fountain City Files, Harrison focuses on stories involving missing Black women, systemic failures in law enforcement and community neglect.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Likely to have less impact on your buying decision (but still reside in the back of your mind) is that if one of the triple-panel fans fails, the entire triple-fan unit needs replacing, not just one fan.
    Thomas Soderstrom, PC Magazine, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The new glue has impressive properties, including its ability to withstand significant forces before failing.
    Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After a pause, the composition takes on a searching quality, as the melody travels from one instrument to the next, including a compelling viola solo performed by principal viola Maiya Papach, eventually fading out to nothing, leaving the audience suspended in uneasy quiet.
    Sheila Regan, Twin Cities, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The long-standing expectation was that these resonance signals would fade and become negligible as the momentum transfer increased.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Washout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/washout. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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