as in to scrub
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Recent Examples of wipe
There’s a belief that merely mastering a posture that keeps the battle alive, even if the defender successfully wipes the hand away while simultaneously bringing more power to the punches that do connect, can shift those win-rate averages from league worst to something more manageable.
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Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 2 June 2025
The low-cost and short time of development shocked global markets, sparking concerns that U.S. tech giants were overspending on infrastructure and wiping billions of dollars of value of major U.S. tech stocks like AI stalwart Nvidia.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 29 May 2025
To reduce this risk, avoid handing your phone to people unnecessarily and wipe your screen occasionally to remove any clear fingerprints.
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—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
Cruise responded like a man who had just had his memory wiped.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
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Paul Dehner Jr, New York Times, 2 June 2025
The low-cost and short time of development shocked global markets, sparking concerns that U.S. tech giants were overspending on infrastructure and wiping billions of dollars of value of major U.S. tech stocks like AI stalwart Nvidia.
—Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 29 May 2025
To reduce this risk, avoid handing your phone to people unnecessarily and wipe your screen occasionally to remove any clear fingerprints.
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—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 25 May 2025
Cruise responded like a man who had just had his memory wiped.
—Tyler Foggatt, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipe
Verb
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Was scrubbed from Friday because of bad weather in the launch recovery zone in the Atlantic.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 May 2025
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That may include changing your sheets, taking out the trash, running the dishwasher, scrubbing your tub, or emptying your fridge of perishables that might expire.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
26 May 2025
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If your machines are not designed to wash, rinse, and spin-dry such bulky items, a large duvet could ruin the spin mechanism.—
Abigail Wilt,
Southern Living,
31 May 2025
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The air of familiarity goes a long way in establishing a new story and avoiding a wash, rinse and repeat cycle involving any stories or other characters from The Karate Kid movies and Cobra Kai.—
Tim Lammers,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Roombas vacuum on their own, and the Roomba Plus 405 also mops your floors as well.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
29 May 2025
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Advanced mopping The mop itself is an advanced design over some of the early vacuum mops.—
Larry Magid,
Mercury News,
22 May 2025
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For decades, our workers have swept the streets and then put the refuse in bags next to the garbage pails on street corners.—
Peter Madonia,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
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Longview Spring Hill took Game 2 of their 4A Division II state semifinal, 2-0, to sweep the series and advance to the championship game.—
Darren Lauber,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
31 May 2025
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This often includes disinfecting boots and brushing off any soil or plant material.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
29 May 2025
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Our lives are assembled from hundreds of small rituals: brushing our teeth, brewing our morning coffee, or arranging our pillows just so before going to be.—
Tom Mylan,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 May 2025
Verb
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Consumers should also wash and disinfect any surfaces that came in contact with the eggs.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
7 June 2025
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The hilltop compound is perhaps most famous for its car museum, a nearly 24,000-square-foot showstopper built to house Lyon’s epic personal collection, with room for 70 vehicles (none included with the sale, unfortunately), as well as an auto shop and wash and gas stations.—
Wendy Bowman,
Robb Report,
6 June 2025
Verb
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Deen said housekeepers are often required to clean a room every 15 minutes, which leads to injuries and less-clean rooms.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
31 May 2025
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Add Aquatic Plants Aquatic plants not only look serene, but help clean the water and provide shade for fish.—
Miranda Crowell,
Better Homes & Gardens,
29 May 2025
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That included a spacewalk by Ms. Williams and Mr. Wilmore to swab the outside of the space station to see if Earth microbes could survive and maybe even thrive in space.—
The Learning Network,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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The next step was to swab their DNA and put their official ancestry to the test.—
ByAndrew Curry,
science.org,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Wipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wipe. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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