have whitewashed

• present perfect

  present perfect

  Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.

  of whitewash.
  whitewash

  noun

  a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.

Example Sentences

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have whitewashed

The site’s biographical articles are meant to be factual, not flattering, and even widely admired historical figures do not have whitewashed pages.

From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2025

This has happened before where social workers have not been vigilant or have whitewashed the case.

From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2018

Detractors worry that secular mindfulness teachers have whitewashed the technique, dulling its self-critical edge.

From The New Yorker ● Jun. 29, 2015

Bogota and the Argentine Republic have whitewashed many a reputation.'

From Lord Kilgobbin by Charles James Lever

I shall-and s ow at liberty to hall take notice of the satisfactory manner in which his sons have whitewashed their patriarch.

From The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4 by Horace Walpole

Related Words

• gloss over