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Recent Examples of wipe
But to drive one is to wipe its history from your mind.
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
To clean your eraser, tap it outside to remove dust, wipe it with a damp cloth or vacuum it with a small attachment.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
So, Dalton essentially wiped points off the board with his fumble in the red zone and then handed the Bills a touchdown with an interception.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2025
Knowing that encrypted messages on a private network could be remotely wiped, an officer quickly took photographs of the BlackBerry’s screen.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Robert Ross, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2025
To clean your eraser, tap it outside to remove dust, wipe it with a damp cloth or vacuum it with a small attachment.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 27 Oct. 2025
So, Dalton essentially wiped points off the board with his fumble in the red zone and then handed the Bills a touchdown with an interception.
—Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 26 Oct. 2025
Knowing that encrypted messages on a private network could be remotely wiped, an officer quickly took photographs of the BlackBerry’s screen.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipe
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
Verb
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Check the filter regularly and rinse it out any time food is trapped there.—
Patricia Shannon,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
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To further safeguard your teeth from the acidity, sip it through a straw or rinse your mouth with water after ingesting it.—
Julia Ries Wexler,
Health,
7 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
Verb
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His rule finally came to an end in 1998 after the Asian financial crisis threw the country into economic turmoil, prompting widespread protests and forcing Suharto to resign – one of the last people power movements to sweep Southeast Asia and replace a Cold War-era autocrat with democracy.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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Last week, Democrats swept the board in off-year elections across the country.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Organic and lightly brushed with salmonella and fecal matter.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Nov. 2025
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Daily baguette runs to the local bakery – an errand that Anract says used to be as automatic and ritualistic as brushing teeth – have become less frequent.—
Vivian Song,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Employees unable to properly wash their hands and food storage units that can’t keep the hot food hot or the cold food cold got a West Miami-Dade bakery in hot water with state inspectors.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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After assisting a customer, an employee put on gloves and scooped ice from the ice machine without washing their hands.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Verb
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Her goal in including hygiene items and cleaning supplies in the pantry is to ensure families don’t need to choose between nutrition and other forms of self-care, Ortega said.—
Alyssa N. Salcedo,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Depending on how often your household uses your microwave, the inside should be cleaned at least once a week with dish soap and hot water on a microfiber cloth.—
Lauren Wicks,
Southern Living,
6 Nov. 2025
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These tests can include chest X-rays, swabbing the inside of the mouth or nose, pulse oximetry to detect levels of oxygen and blood tests.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Oct. 2025
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Louise let a specialist swab her body for the man’s DNA.—
Willoughby Mariano,
ProPublica,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Wipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wipe. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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