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as in puff
a slight or gentle movement of air
a warm spring breeze ruffled our hair
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as in picnic
something that is easy to do
that assignment will be a breeze
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as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
we breezed through the line for customs at the airport
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as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency
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Recent Examples of breeze
Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Animal shelters offering dogs, cats for cuddly sleepovers Traveling with a pet on Amtrak is a breeze.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
So pack your sunscreen, leave your worries behind, and breeze on down to the Sunshine State for these 20 fantastic seaside destinations.
—Kara Franker, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
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Noun
And bringing in a dream team of new ones — Hugh Grant as the ridiculously campy villain, Phoenix Buchanan — was also a breeze.
—Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2025
Animal shelters offering dogs, cats for cuddly sleepovers Traveling with a pet on Amtrak is a breeze.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2025
Verb
One of them, Evan Page, sat in front of his laptop building out a character and then breezed through the levels of the game, learning the programming language Python along the way.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2025
So pack your sunscreen, leave your worries behind, and breeze on down to the Sunshine State for these 20 fantastic seaside destinations.
—Kara Franker, Southern Living, 10 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breeze
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The desserts are old-fashioned: allspice cake, French lady cake, lemon puffs, boiled berry pudding.—
Neda Ulaby,
NPR,
20 Feb. 2025
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Thai curry puffs made in a home kitchen were stored in a freezer and sold at the restaurant.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacramento Bee,
31 Jan. 2025
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In her last pic, Olivia Rodrigo holds the same picnic basket while cheesing for the camera in a plunging red one-piece bathing suit and a grey baseball cap, keeping her pigtail braids in tact underneath.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
22 Feb. 2025
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Highland Faith Church Highland: 8910 Grace St. — Faith Church Highland will have an indoor picnic from 12 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Feb. 23.—
Christin Lazerus,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2025
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But unseen, in underground pipelines that cut through vast fields of barley, flows about $5 billion annually worth of Canadian crude oil and natural gas, most of it from Alberta.—
Dee-Ann Durbin and Sally Ho,
Los Angeles Times,
2 Mar. 2025
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Huge glaciers flow down all of its sides, reaching up to fifty miles.—
Cassidy Randall,
Rolling Stone,
2 Mar. 2025
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An automobile sped around another car stopped for crossing signals on Wisconsin Highway 14 near Kenosha and into the path of a Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee Railroad electric passenger train heading south for Chicago at 70 mph.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Feb. 2025
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Some experts have warned that Trump's agenda might speed up the program's insolvency.—
Mark Joseph,
Newsweek,
23 Feb. 2025
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Will this tear the — takes deep breath — California Girls apart?—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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But with the next breath, Khan added an important caveat.—
Mike DeFabo,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The cameras roll, and the sea and sky, with a click of a mouse, become a tropical afternoon and a gentle swell, and Sandokan sails once more.—
John Bleasdale,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2025
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The Chinese flotilla sailed to the south and arrived in the Tasman Sea 150 nautical miles east of Sydney, on Australia's east coast, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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The B-52s, deployed from Royal Air Force Base Fairford in the United Kingdom, flew over six U.S.-aligned countries in the region, accompanied by a fighter escort, according to a statement from U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM).—
Matt Robison,
Newsweek,
25 Feb. 2025
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Jack then tells Portia to not return to the White Lotus and wait for Tanya and to go to the airport and fly home instead.—
Lissete Lanuza Sáenz,
StyleCaster,
25 Feb. 2025
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Pairing with Suzuki’s smart Mediterranean-Japanese cooking, Doi went all out with an array of sakes: Shikishima Junmai, a zephyr of peach blossoms and licorice; a tawny aged brew from 1988, as acidic and nutty as Oloroso sherry; blond mango sake as sweetly fragrant as Juicy Fruit gum.—
Adam Erace,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2023
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Most summer days on the TMB are luxurious, with zephyrs rustling the pastures, blue skies, and great hiking temperatures.—
Doug Mayer,
Outside Online,
15 Feb. 2023
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“Breeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeze. Accessed 5 Mar. 2025.
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