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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
swab .
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Examples
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Four thousand men in the Wichita area have been what they call swabbed for DNA, not that they are suspects but simply to eliminate people.
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Routine lab tests using cells swabbed from the inside of a cheek can already expose genetic variations associated with cholesterol, cancer and hundreds of other traits and diseases, both common and rare.
Google to Share Genetic Information on the Web | Impact Lab 2007
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Scientific data — soil samples swabbed from the silver itself — placed the treasure's burial site in an area with a geological makeup identical to western Hungary's.
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Scientific data — soil samples swabbed from the silver itself — placed the treasure's burial site in an area with a geological makeup identical to western Hungary's.
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The soot, the scales, the fire ashes, the mud – all had to be "swabbed" out at the river's brink by means of much water and an Indian "slat" broom.
The Shagganappi 1913
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The bunkhouse was scrubbed; -- "swabbed" in the vernacular of the cowboys; the scant bedding was "cured" in the white sunlight; and the cook was adjured to extend himself in the preparation of "chuck"
The Two-Gun Man Charles Alden Seltzer 1908
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Panamanian marsupial frog, Hemiphractus fasciatus, getting "swabbed", i.e., tested for the presence of the microscopic fungal pathogen, Batrachochytrium dendrobatis which is sweeping through Central America, decimating entire amphbian communities.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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Panamanian marsupial frog, Hemiphractus fasciatus, getting "swabbed", or tested, for the presence of the microscopic fungal pathogen,
Livescience.com 2010
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"swabbed" out at the river's brink by means of much water and an Indian
The Shagganappi E. Pauline Johnson 1887
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"swabbed" to see if he could become a potential donor.
TheaterMania.com 2010
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