washout

Example Sentences

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Following a washout period, they consumed a low-carotenoid tomato juice for another four weeks.

From Science Daily • May 30, 2026

Sri Lanka were left on the brink after being blasted out for 95 against England to lose by 51 runs a day after New Zealand and Pakistan took a point each from a washout.

From Barron's • Feb. 24, 2026

Stocks may stage a tepid recovery from Tuesday’s Greenland-inspired washout, but anxiety remains high as President Trump arrives in Davos.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

The stock market is likely “closer to the bottom,” after Thursday’s washout, and investors should buy the dip, says Wall Street’s prescient and biggest bull, Tom Lee.

From MarketWatch • Nov. 21, 2025

I could see a lot farther in the washout.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls