wash out

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Recent Examples of washout
Noun
On six of those instances, the games were postponed on back-to-back days, including a stretch of three consecutive days of washouts. Chris Kirschner, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024 Work is ongoing in central Florida, with efforts focused on addressing washouts on two of its service lines. Glenn Taylor, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
Large amounts of iron were washed out, flooding the oceans. David Bressan, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025 Without a completely dark room, the image can look washed out and be hard to see. Parker Hall, WIRED, 20 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for washout
Recent Examples of Synonyms for washout
Noun
  • However, almost everyone agrees that a closer examination is needed after the disaster at DCA.
    Zach Wichter, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine shocked the world, contaminating regions across Eastern Europe and affecting millions.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Those mortgages were then bundled into complex financial products that collapsed when homeowners started defaulting on their loans.
    Samantha Delouya, CNN, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Permafrost acts as nature’s foundation in the Arctic, providing structural stability for landscapes that would otherwise collapse.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The appeal makes sense: The color is easygoing and relaxing, and slipcovers can easily be bleached if (really, when) stains occur.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Those with damaged or bleached hair should consider shampoos with protein or bond-repair technology to help strengthen and restore strands.
    Kleigh Balugo, StyleCaster, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Bieber, who is an ambassador for the French fashion house, attended the show wearing her dark hair pulled up in an easy, cool twist styled by Bryce Scarlett.
    Kara Nesvig, Allure, 12 Mar. 2025
  • One protester, wearing a keffiyeh, was tackled to the ground by two officers during his arrest.
    Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • After gently scouring the stain, rinse the paste off with warm water.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Then a light rainstorm caught the dust — and ended before clean rain could wash away the dirty What to do: A subsequent rainstorm typically won't be enough to rinse away the mud drops.
    Erin Alberty, Axios, 3 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • But, as the failure of Prohibition attests, drinking is deeply embedded in our society.
    Dylan Scott, Vox, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Biden was forced to embody his party's failures, but received no credit for his policy successes.
    Justin Peck / Made by History, TIME, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Despite being aware of the cellmate’s dangerous behavior, staff failed to intervene, according to a lawsuit.
    Stories by Real-Time News team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 7 Mar. 2025
  • The Starship rocket also failed minutes after launching from SpaceX's Texas facility in January, with falling debris causing damage to properties on the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Caribbean.
    Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 7 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • The easy, and true, earlier justifications about who attacked whom, and about whether Vladimir Putin should be allowed free rein of Europe, faded into cliché.
    Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2025
  • But when Yvonne develops troubling symptoms from a tick bite, the rural paradise fades away revealing a breeding ground for a disturbing new life.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 7 Mar. 2025

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“Washout.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/washout. Accessed 21 Mar. 2025.

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