wipe
verb (used with object)
to rub lightly with or on a cloth, towel, paper, the hand, etc., in order to clean or dry the surface of.
are wiping
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present progressiveof wipe.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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They find that increasing wildfires are wiping out black spruce forests that grow relatively slowly and contribute to the organic layer of the underlying soils.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 16, 2024
And all of this is happening at a time when natural disasters and climate effects are wiping out swathes of housing stock, making even more parts of the vast Australian continent effectively unliveable.
From BBC ● Dec. 28, 2023
Chuck Casto, Alignable’s head of research, says inflationary pressures and an uptick in online deal-hunting are wiping out the fourth-quarter profits small businesses typically need to survive bad years.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 9, 2022
But higher prices are wiping out those pay gains.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 1, 2022
If this is real and they are wiping our memories...With all the risks, this is not one of those things my parents or the other passengers imagined could happen.
From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera
