mopped

verb

past tense of mop
as in wiped

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mopped
  1. swept
  2. scrubbed
  3. vacuumed
  4. rinsed
  5. brushed
  6. cleaned
  7. dusted
  8. combed
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  • In Ohio, power outages swept the state capital region, and at least one death was reported.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • But in 2024, rebels led by now-President Ahmed al-Sharaa swept across Syria in a lightning offensive that lasted less than two weeks.
    — Kinda Makieh, USA Today, 11 Aug. 2026
Definition of swept
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  • While it was eventually scrubbed from TikTok, the 15-minute stream saw Hilton holding a knife while naked and bloody with visible cuts on his body.
    — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2026
  • Shortly after, Polk scrubbed his Instagram account clean and went dark.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of scrubbed
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  • Its forecast for revenue growth in the current quarter fell short of expectations, which executives pinned on a supply crunch in components getting vacuumed up in the AI boom.
    — Stan Choe, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • One man leaned his shoulder into the drill as another vacuumed up the dust of century-old concrete.
    — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026
Definition of vacuumed
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  • Once rinsed, transfer to a clean dish towel and gently pat them dry.
    — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 3 Aug. 2026
  • It might be further spread by the industrial washing process, where many pieces of produce are rinsed in the same water.
    — Pien Huang, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026
Definition of rinsed
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  • When the Wall Street Journal asked Alito about calls for his own retirement, Alito brushed it off as what happens with a role that is a lifelong appointment.
    — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2026
  • The Daily Dividend In an interview with CNBC yesterday, Advanced Micro Devices CEO Lisa Su brushed off Elon Musk's comments about SpaceX exclusively using Nvidia chips.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of brushed
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  • The company said the hot tub is completely drained, cleaned and refilled with fresh water in between sessions.
    — Brandon Truitt, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The bathroom gets cleaned every day; the keyboard everyone shares does not.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of cleaned
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  • For daily cleaning, marble floors should be dusted and dry-wiped.
    — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 31 July 2026
  • Think of biting into a chili lime mango slice dusted with Tajín or sipping a mangonada layered with chamoy.
    — Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
Definition of dusted
Verb
  • Thus far in the investigation, authorities have combed through over 600 tips and 100,000 individual CCTV clips from over 650 cameras in the area, according to CBC.
    — Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026
  • Investigators combed through the DNA and paper trail genealogy research to fill gaps in Bradley’s family tree, from newspaper and social media records to genetic analysis.
    — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of combed
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