as in swipe
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
delivered a powerful buffet to the side of the prisoner's head
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as in cabinet
a storage case typically having doors and shelves
a buffet completed the kitchen set
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as in to lick
to strike repeatedly
fierce winds buffeted the small sailboat
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Recent Examples of buffet
Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
Get The Recipe Tomato Aspic There was once a time when the tomato aspic was the highlight of luncheon buffets.
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
Christina A. Cassidy, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
This cable remarked how quickly Carter, as president, had become buffeted by problems that, ironically, emerged from those very forces that brought him into office.
—Russell L. Riley / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Five restaurants and lounges include Chef Michael Mina’s Fish House and La Hiki, with one of the island’s most popular breakfast buffets.
—Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 31 Dec. 2024
Get The Recipe Tomato Aspic There was once a time when the tomato aspic was the highlight of luncheon buffets.
—Nellah Bailey McGough, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2024
Verb
The turnover is one symptom of a county that is closely divided politically and has been buffeted by election conspiracy theories since Republican Donald Trump lost the state to Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
—Christina A. Cassidy, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2024
This cable remarked how quickly Carter, as president, had become buffeted by problems that, ironically, emerged from those very forces that brought him into office.
—Russell L. Riley / Made By History, TIME, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for buffet
Verb
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Buffy loves to groom—in other words, lick—my hair, probably as an act of dominance, according to my vet.—
Elizabeth Denton,
Allure,
28 Jan. 2025
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Having another week off to lick wounds is pretty nice, too.—
Tom Layberger,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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As Israel pounded Gaza in response Hamas vowed not to return the hostages until Israel withdrew its forces from the enclave, permanently ended the war, and allowed for rebuilding.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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The first phase of the truce took effect following a three-hour delay during which Israeli warplanes and artillery pounded the Gaza Strip.—
Mohammed Salem,
USA TODAY,
20 Jan. 2025
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Asked about his identity and to provide authorization, Deng tried to hide his equipment and flee, prompting the officials to take him and his companions into custody.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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When Hamas chose to go to ground inside Gaza and hide among its people, Israel followed it down, leveling the territory and its population to get at its enemy.—
Gideon Rose,
Foreign Affairs,
21 Jan. 2025
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Cats hide pain well, Koski said, but perhaps their owners have noticed them biting or lashing out.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
25 Jan. 2025
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Mercury has a delivery for Rachel, but the guys who have lashed the Stanfields to a couple of chairs and are interrogating them rather roughly are in the way.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Jan. 2025
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Trump appointee Michael Pack won confirmation from the U.S. Senate in May 2020 after a two-year wait and spent his seven-plus months in office attacking many of its journalists.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
23 Jan. 2025
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Were none of those people guilty as charged, even though there’s footage of them attacking police officers and one of them has already been rearrested on federal gun charges?—
Belinda Luscombe,
TIME,
23 Jan. 2025
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Riddle, though, worried about the message the executive action sends to those convicted of assaulting police officers.—
Meredith Deliso,
ABC News,
22 Jan. 2025
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He was scheduled for trial in March on 15 counts, including felony offenses of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers with a deadly or dangerous weapon and obstruction of law enforcement during a civil disorder.—
Danielle Battaglia,
Charlotte Observer,
22 Jan. 2025
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The fire burned for five days in an isolated part of Great Smoky Mountains National Park before high winds whipped it up and swept it toward Gatlinburg.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
26 Jan. 2025
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The England midfielder had a shot of his own after bursting forward from midfield before whipping a free kick to Havertz, who headed over.—
Art de Roché,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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The Lions, simply battered by health issues on defense, are just the second 15-win team to not win a single playoff game in the Super Bowl era.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
19 Jan. 2025
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Tekashi attempted to ward the men off but was eventually stomped out and left in the facility battered and bloodied.—
Marc Griffin,
VIBE.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Buffet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/buffet. Accessed 4 Feb. 2025.
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