Example Sentences

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The new fear is that agentic commerce, featuring AI agents doing consumers’ shopping for them, will displace people tapping, swiping or clicking with their credit or debit cards.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 4, 2026

“I can only do this”—he makes a swiping gesture with his hands—“so many times with so many things,” Sax says in a TV segment.

From Slate • Apr. 4, 2026

Bumble will also introduce “chapter-based profiles,” which Herd described as a move away from the traditional, rapid-fire swiping interface.

From Barron's • Mar. 13, 2026

"They were coming in... then literally swiping the whole shelf."

From BBC • Feb. 23, 2026

He carried his photographs down a long hallway, went downstairs and through a security door, swiping his id card across a sensor, and entered a warren of rooms.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston