blips

verb

present tense third-person singular of blip
as in clips

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  1. clips
  2. erases
  3. obliterates
  4. removes
  5. wipes out
  6. eradicates
  7. expunges
  8. effaces
Verb
  • Which is why golf buddies Tyler Kenney and Zach Smith founded Laced Golf, a digital device that clips onto your shoelaces and gives you real-time feedback on your stance using lights and haptic vibration.
    — Eliza Thompson, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • All of my essentials are packed in my Stowaway, which clips into my weekender as a bag organizer, and can clip out to be worn on its own as a crossbody when walking around during the day or as a clutch when going out in the evening.
    — Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 16 July 2026
Definition of clips
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  • Researchers at the University of California San Diego have demonstrated a way to control how an experimental electronic device forms and erases memory, using electrical currents to change the behavior of a material called vanadium dioxide.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Continue reading … OPINION ELI STEELE — NYC ICE shooting exposes how White Guilt erases personal responsibility.
    — , FOXNews.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of erases
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  • Klaatu's giant robot sidekick, Gort, then steps out of the vessel, obliterates a load of firearms with his laser eyes, and silently guards the ship as his master is taken to hospital.
    — Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Travel obliterates almost all our comforting routines and habits.
    — Anita Bhagwandas, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of obliterates
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  • Sunday says the victims should feel satisfied that this plea removes the possibility that Vereb could be found not guilty by a jury.
    — Tory Wegerski, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • The Internet Archive removes recordings from the site when musicians ask, but hasn’t sought advance permission to share the music online.
    — Kevin McKeough, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of removes
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  • This major markdown wipes out the steep premiums on most high-tier gaming displays, allowing e-sports players and media creators to rise through the ranks with a highly fluid, ultra-clear panoramic canvas.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • Continue reading … LINES REDRAWN — Supreme Court greenlights Alabama GOP map that wipes out a majority-Black district.
    — , FOXNews.com, 3 June 2026
Definition of wipes out
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  • But that also eradicates a crucial option - to mount a show trial and scapegoat him for all the ills of his rule, thus absolving others.
    — Melik Kaylan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • Treating the underlying condition eradicates the need for drug treatments that act globally.
    — Dr. Patricia Richard, Hartford Courant, 14 Apr. 2026
Definition of eradicates
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  • Made of bamboo and a four-claw steelhead design, this stand-up tool expertly expunges weeds by the root and completely eliminates the need to bend, pull, or kneel.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2025
Definition of expunges
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  • The explosion of malice effaces them in different ways, and James traces the mechanisms of their vanishing, examining how a person’s life can be compressed into smaller and smaller spaces.
    — Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
  • Other works lay bare the kinds of debts that capitalism effaces in order to sustain a fantasy of frictionlessness.
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 29 July 2026
Definition of effaces
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“Blips.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blips. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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