wiped

past tense of wipe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wiped
Verb
  • The Tigers won two of three against the Mariners early in the season, then got swept by Seattle at home and were outscored 35-14 during a July series that marked the start of a horrid slide.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Teams have swept the area with thermal cameras to check for any more survivors, to no avail.
    Helen Regan, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Your glasses' nose pads can accumulate hidden grime and should be scrubbed regularly to maintain hygiene.
    Claire Hoppe Norgaard, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Firm produce such as carrots, cucumbers, melons and potatoes can be scrubbed with a clean vegetable brush under running water, the FDA says.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Her dark brown bob was freshly trimmed and curled toward her face; the top brushed and styled over the left side of her head.
    Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 2 Oct. 2025
  • An increase in sunlight, together with the pressure drop, confirmed that the robot had crossed the eyewall and brushed the eye itself.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Cut onions do not need to be rinsed.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 30 Sep. 2025
  • All other produce can be gently rubbed while being rinsed.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The fish were packaged up in an ice box and sent to a lab where they were cleaned, photographed and identified.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2025
  • My Weekly Routine Cleaning the sink basin each day is definitely important, but there are a few other parts of the sink that need to be cleaned weekly or sometimes a few times a week.
    Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The outside is dusted with sugar.
    Tiffany Acosta, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Either way, this puppy should be done and dusted.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • My poetry began as a father’s sly growl, became a spectacle on a rickety stage washed in limelight, and now is a 70-year-old woman’s walk back into a thousand yesterdays.
    Via Scribner, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
  • For those in charge of protecting the biosphere, keeping the beaches on the peninsula’s eastern side free of trash washed in from the sea is a constant struggle.
    Simon Willis, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to the sheriff's office, soybeans were also carefully vacuumed out from around the man.
    Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Last year, while our house was being vacuumed by a housekeeper, Butch bit her on her calf.
    Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
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“Wiped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wiped. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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