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as in fails
to be unsuccessful
most of the participants in the tough training program washed out
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as in bleaches
to make white or whiter by removing color
the bright lights of the TV studio washed out her facial features, making her look as white as a ghost
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as in wears
to use up all the physical energy of
that last illness washed the child out completely
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Recent Examples of washes out
Over time, the sheets' fibers begin breaking down and grime such as body oils no longer washes out as well, causing the sheets to become less sanitary.
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Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
15 June 2026
If the caffeine has already moved further along, doctors may use a laxative or a gastric lavage, which washes out the stomach through a tube.
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Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
This is not a one-time transition cost that washes out after a year of fresh data.
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Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
The product washes out super easily and leaves my hair feeling noticeably silkier, even when wet.
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Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
30 Mar. 2026
However, when rain washes out the snowpack or a healthy snowpack doesn’t form, water in the soil can later freeze – as can mycorrhizal fungi.
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Aimee Classen,
The Conversation,
16 Feb. 2026
While the midnight sun washes out celestial colors during summer in places like Alaska and Finland, the Midwest's summer nights stay dark enough to enjoy the dancing ribbons in a T-shirt and shorts.
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Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
Sky glow happens when light reflects off haze and dust particles in the air, creating a diffuse glow that washes out the night sky.
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Harold Wallace,
Space.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Maria Sabella,
The Spruce,
15 June 2026
If the caffeine has already moved further along, doctors may use a laxative or a gastric lavage, which washes out the stomach through a tube.
—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2026
This is not a one-time transition cost that washes out after a year of fresh data.
—
Shivaram Rajgopal,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2026
The product washes out super easily and leaves my hair feeling noticeably silkier, even when wet.
—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
30 Mar. 2026
However, when rain washes out the snowpack or a healthy snowpack doesn’t form, water in the soil can later freeze – as can mycorrhizal fungi.
—
Aimee Classen,
The Conversation,
16 Feb. 2026
While the midnight sun washes out celestial colors during summer in places like Alaska and Finland, the Midwest's summer nights stay dark enough to enjoy the dancing ribbons in a T-shirt and shorts.
—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
17 Oct. 2025
Sky glow happens when light reflects off haze and dust particles in the air, creating a diffuse glow that washes out the night sky.
—
Harold Wallace,
Space.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for washes out
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Tapping into the sporting zeitgeist, the slapstick animation, sees Daffy Duck confounded when Elmer Fudd fails to turn up for duck hunting season.
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An extended car warranty can save electric vehicle (EV) owners thousands of dollars when a critical component, such as an electric motor or battery management system, fails unexpectedly.
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His owner, Hannah Gleason from Oklahoma, told Newsweek that the merle gene isn’t a coloring gene rather than a gene that bleaches the fur and causes lack of pigmentation which can lead to birth defects, blindness, deafness, or sometimes all three.
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Farrell, who also narrates in a soft voice, often wears a look of shy incomprehension, as if a beat behind in translating the world around him, a stranger in a strange land.
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Non-inverter ACs feature simpler parts that are cheaper and easier to fix, but the stop-start cycle wears the mechanical parts out faster, so these air conditioners are more prone to frequent repairs and tend to have a shorter lifespan.
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Plus, its self-cleaning function rinses the brushroll after each use and dumps the debris into the dirt tank.
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Moisture is why LaMarita never rinses cauliflower before tucking it into the crisper.
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Canvas collapses what has typically been a fragmented production chain into a single workspace.
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If the cost of producing a complex tax plan collapses toward zero, what exactly is the client paying for—and who keeps the fee?
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But eventually, the party fades, and the album turns inward.
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The app automatically filters content using quality scores derived from user behavior, so better-quality content is likely to rise to the top, whereas poor-quality content fades away.
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Prosecutors argued that Song planned an ambush with the intent to kills officers, while the defense argued that Song fired into the ground after seeing Gross point his gun at a protester and that the shot that hit the officer might have been a ricochet.
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Fragile Lebanon ceasefire faces new strain as Israeli gunfire kills two, threatening a broader truce.
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Savage showers, washes the dishes in black gloves, takes out the trash and heads out for flowers and lingerie.
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After each print, the machine washes the leftover pigment from its gears, turning the once distinctly red and blue dyes into an oozing purple liquid.
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“Washes out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/washes%20out. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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