flushed

Example Sentences

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“It’s a time when positioning gets flushed out and reset. You’ll get more of a natural market movement for a few days,” he said.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 19, 2026

Elevated volume last week feels like weak shareholders have been flushed out and a fresh regime of new investors has emerged.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Instead, the best of James Harden, Ivica Zubac and a finally healthy Kawhi Leonard has been flushed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2026

The move has flushed out speculative positioning and brought prices back to levels seen about two weeks ago—still up 13% in January, the Asia head of macro strategy says.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 3, 2026

We watched in awe as Abuelita Remedios lanced, compressed, and flushed Pita’s wounds one at a time before applying her concoction liberally to each laceration.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall