washes (over)

verb

present tense third-person singular of wash (over)
as in flows

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for washes (over)
  1. flows
  2. runs over
  3. streams
  4. flushes
  5. floods
  6. gushes
  7. spurts
  8. inundates
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  • They were never designed to change how work flows through a function.
    — Emily Lewis-Pinnell, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
  • But the Colorado River water that flows there from the canal will not be cut like many nearby cities.
    — Alex Hager, NPR, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of flows
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  • The 23-year-old left-hander had allowed 11 runs over 12 1/3 innings in his first three appearances.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The Cubs bullpen gave up five runs over the final two innings, losing the game.
    — David Troy OutKick, FOXNews.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of runs over
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  • Afternoon sun streams straight through and heats the room from the inside.
    — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • As starlight streams through the telescope, those actuators subtly reshape the mirrors in real time, correcting for imperfections in the telescope's optics smaller than the width of a strand of DNA.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of streams
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  • Sleep, for instance, isn’t downtime but active maintenance, when the brain flushes out cellular waste in ways that may help stave off dementia.
    — Andrea Gawrylewski, Scientific American, 1 Sep. 2026
  • In deep sleep, your brain runs a clearance system that flushes out metabolic waste, including the proteins associated with Alzheimer's.
    — Sue Peschin, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of flushes
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  • Each year, the tournament floods Baltimore’s economy with millions of dollars, boosting tourism, supporting local businesses, and energizing our communities.
    — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 6 Aug. 2026
  • If an agent misbehaves, floods a system, or takes an unauthorized action, the organization on the receiving end often has no reliable way to determine who is responsible for it.
    — John Koetsier, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of floods
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  • Meyers, an almost parodic vision of an old soul, gushes praise in unfashionably complete sentences.
    — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Clarkson gushes while the pair — both shedding tears — embrace.
    — Lydia Price, PEOPLE, 29 July 2026
Definition of gushes
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  • Blood spurts against the window.
    — Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026
Definition of spurts
Verb
  • That’s when someone inundates you with affectionate words and gestures early on to build influence.
    — Kathy and Ross Petrass, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2026
  • As Polymarket inundates millions of timelines with newsy statements, the efficacy of each announcement can be hard to parse.
    — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of inundates
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“Washes (over).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/washes%20%28over%29. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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