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  • present participle of wash.
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washing

[wosh-ing, waw-shing] / ˈwɒʃ ɪŋ, ˈwɔ ʃɪŋ /
ADJECTIVE
cleaning
Synonyms


NOUN
laundry
Synonyms




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When I pay a cleaning fee, I expect someone to handle the work of preparing a property for its next occupants: washing linens, scrubbing bathrooms, cleaning floors.

From Salon ● Oct. 28, 2026

What’s out: Stripping the bed, taking trash off-site, washing or putting away dishes and other tasks that require significant effort or time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Everyday actions generate billions of these nanoparticles, Yan noted, from washing a load of laundry to reheating a dish in the microwave.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Witnesses captured videos of the haze washing over the Kalimantan region not far from where wildfires continue to burn.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

She was in the kitchen washing the dishes when he called her again last night.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

When they couldn’t identify any known cold virus, they inoculated adult volunteers with extracts from the nasal washings to confirm that something in the samples caused colds.

From Science Magazine ● Jan. 11, 2024

They should hold up to repeated washings and they should be as beautiful as they are sturdy.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2023

Do not let the stained fabric dry out between washings!

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2022

The best options are simple to open, a breeze to clean and hardy enough to stand up to repeated washings.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 23, 2020

In spite of all the washings it had been through, its threads still held Amanda’s dear scent.

From "Abel's Island" by William Steig


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