as in to wash out
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It will also largely get washed out by the sun’s glow, which illuminates the western horizon for up to 90 minutes after sunset.—
Stephanie Vermillion,
Outside Online,
15 Jan. 2025 -
Meteor showers: The normally reliable Perseid meteor shower on August 12–13 will be washed out by the bright moon this year, unfortunately.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
9 Jan. 2025
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As Coursera's Chief Content Officer Marni Baker-Stein emphasizes, this profound gender gap in AI and data science, where women represent just 22% of professionals, undermines both social equity and the effectiveness of AI technology development.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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It is also undermined by experience since its announcement.—
Liz Tracey,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Jan. 2025
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Over time, the adequacy of these labels has further eroded as Asian Americans and Latino/as have become even more heterogeneous.—
Jane Hong / Made by History,
TIME,
24 Jan. 2025
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Some market watchers said such moves would help weaken the dollar, bolstering exports and eroding America’s huge trade deficit, a point of frustration for Trump.—
Andrew Ross Sorkin,
New York Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Wear (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wear%20%28away%29. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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