wipes

present tense third-person singular of wipe

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipes
Verb
  • If the doctor brushes you off or looks at their watch, get a new doctor!
    Kat McGowan, NPR, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Continue reading … NO LAUGHING MATTER – White House brushes off SNL season premiere, calling show 'waste' of time.
    , FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Winter is also a wonderful surprise, when soft snow blankets valley trails and dusts the mountaintops.
    Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025
  • Snow paints the eaves over us and dusts the clapboard under the window.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Go with the classic Sun In Hair Lightener, enriched with aloe, marigold, chamomile, and flaxseed, or the newer Fun In by Sun In Temporary Hair Color, which rinses out after one wash.
    Annie Blackman, Allure, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The dark side is strong here, a current that sweeps around the apprentice, urging him, propelling him.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Maricopa County deputies, after getting 287(g) certified in 2007, carried out 11 immigration sweeps within five months outside a former furniture store in Phoenix that was a popular gathering spot for laborers.
    Rafael Carranza, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • And then there's the dish brush, which scrubs away grease and grime with less effort.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Oct. 2025
  • As the government scrubs websites, formerly reliable sources of information have disappeared.
    Judy Stone, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Naturally, a full reset means an organization completely cleans house, but Glenn and the front office were put together this past offseason with hopes of turning the franchise around.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor.
    Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 3 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • To start with a wedding, then wait ’til later to figure out the details of who washes the dishes and whether the toilet seat stays down, sounds backwards but is certainly better than hostage-taking and war without an achievable end.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Its Ozmo roller mop washes itself with hot water and dries with heated air.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the doc, Rawson combs through family photos of her, her brother, and her parents at various celebrations and vacations.
    Addie Morfoot, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025
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“Wipes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wipes. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.

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