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Recent Examples of unwashed
Adjective
Further, touching your eyes, nose or mouth with unwashed hands after touching raw milk with bird flu virus may also lead to infection. Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 25 Nov. 2024 Even a light countertop wipe-down with a towel can introduce harmful germs, especially if cross-contaminated with raw meat or unwashed produce. Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Sep. 2024 The best way to store Brussels sprouts is unwashed, patted dry, and in an airtight container or zip-top bag in the refrigerator. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 19 Oct. 2024 People have died after drinking tea brewed from unwashed poppy seeds. David Hilzenrath, CNN, 3 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for unwashed 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unwashed
Adjective
  • Those ticket sales mark one of the lowest hauls to ever claim first place over the MLK holiday stretch.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 19 Jan. 2025
  • Here's who qualifies for Biden's $4.2 billion in student loan forgiveness In each of the five cities with the lowest barrier to homeownership, the savings timeline is less than four years.
    Ana Teresa Solá, CNBC, 19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet Empire Falls translates into a lumpen, stodgy miniseries, despite a fine central performance from Harris as a divorced diner owner with deep roots in the town and a structure that allows the past to keep informing and enriching the present.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Rhys spent decades, often isolated and paranoid, in lumpen houses and apartments in and out of London, before success arrived late.
    New York Times, New York Times, 20 June 2022
Noun
  • There was little-to-no doubt Jurgen Klopp’s side were going to defeat Ralf Rangnick’s under-interim-management rabble that day.
    Carl Anka, The Athletic, 4 Jan. 2025
  • Advertisement From start to finish, pure madness, amid a rabble that never calmed, never quieted, never quit.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2024
Adjective
  • The Bunny Museum began as a humble endeavor back in 1998.
    Maxwell Williams, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2025
  • The Ozark Mountain Music Festival has grown from its humble beginnings (11 acts over three days) to a full-fledged experience with 30 bands, artists live painting in the lobby and a weekend of good company.
    Dustin Staggs, arkansasonline.com, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the birth rate has dipped to just 1.4 children per woman, portending a shrinking, aging populace.
    By Charlie Campbell/Gelephu, Bhutan, TIME, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Now Maduro is determined that the populace that humiliated him on election day must pay.
    Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Across the lake, on the plebeian side, up the shoreline a mile or so, in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, stand twin 32-story towers dubbed Trump Plaza of the Palm Beaches.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The other was the much more plebeian Chevrolet Bolt, which was cheaper but nowhere near as luxurious, nor as enjoyable to drive.
    Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 30 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • Vanderbilt Mortgage remains committed to protecting the American public's access to fair lending services while providing a path to homeownership for hardworking families.
    Matthew Impelli, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • And colleges and universities need to do a much better job articulating their value proposition, not only to prospective students and families, but to legislators, business leaders, and the broader public.
    David Rosowsky, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Inspired by Karl Marx, the Bolsheviks dreamed of a world communist revolution and held special expectations for Germany, Marx’s homeland, and for its proletariat.
    Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 19 June 2023
  • The first scenario does much more to reduce poverty, demonstrating the importance of permanently expanding access to unemployment insurance to workers with nontraditional jobs—part-timers, freelancers, and other members of the gig economy’s swelling proletariat.
    Matthew Desmond, The New York Review of Books, 28 Dec. 2023

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“Unwashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unwashed. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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