Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wipes
Verb
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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.—
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FOXNews.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Winter is also a wonderful surprise, when soft snow blankets valley trails and dusts the mountaintops.—
Lisa Kadane,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Nov. 2025
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Snow paints the eaves over us and dusts the clapboard under the window.—
Cynthia Zarin,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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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
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Temperatures are also expected to drop this weekend as the cold front sweeps through.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Seehorn's Carol is the aforementioned miserable person, a best-selling author of historical romance novels, whose life is turned upside down when a virus sweeps the planet.—
Samantha Highfill,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Nov. 2025
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And then there's the dish brush, which scrubs away grease and grime with less effort.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
29 Oct. 2025
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As the government scrubs websites, formerly reliable sources of information have disappeared.—
Judy Stone,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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Another agreed, comparing them to their Spanx AirEssentials set, but saying this one washes better.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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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
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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 16 Nov. 2025.
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