washing
Example Sentences
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Thompson said that recent reports of dead and dying seabirds washing ashore in large numbers from Spain to Scotland, is "devastating".
From BBC
The term has become caught up in the “PowerPoint washing” of companies that want to get credit for AI without doing anything meaningful, he said.
It requires predicting trends, washing garments based on specific needs, repairing some of them and, unlike most e-commerce companies, covering the costs to ship items both to customers and then back to warehouses.
There was one showing the hills where Duane’s cave was, with a morning light washing them in an all too familiar golden hue.
From Literature
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The researchers conjectured that because washers and dryers are typically sold as pairs, retailers may have simply spread the washing machine cost increase between the two products to keep their prices similar.
From Los Angeles Times
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