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as in mistake
an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
the flustered newscaster's fluffs included a mispronunciation of the town's name
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as in to fumble
to make a mistake
unnerved by her earlier missteps, the skater fluffed on the final jump as well
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as in to blow
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
I completely fluffed the introduction by calling the boss's wife by the wrong name
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Recent Examples of fluff
Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
There and elsewhere, the songs punch above the weight necessary for Christmas fluff, but most fail to clear the bar of justifying their presence in an already padded runtime.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
They can be fluffed and molded to suit your sleeping position.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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Noun
The term sounds more like fluff than a strategic advantage.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
There and elsewhere, the songs punch above the weight necessary for Christmas fluff, but most fail to clear the bar of justifying their presence in an already padded runtime.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
Verb
These settings can fluff up textiles like blankets or area rugs or remove dust and lint from garments.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Feb. 2025
They can be fluffed and molded to suit your sleeping position.
—Toni Sutton, People.com, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fluff
Noun
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Though their populations were threatened decades ago, mainly due to trapping for the fur trade, their biggest threats today are habitat loss and pollution.—
Devoun Cetoute,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2025
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The rubber brush doesn’t get tangled with hair and fur like many brush rolls with bristles do.—
Lauren Taylor,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Squandering these opportunities would be a huge mistake for any business that wants to continually drive CX improvements.—
Bernard Marr,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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However, a few hours later, Party admitted that recording and teasing the song was a mistake.—
Angel Diaz,
Billboard,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Messes: The Blue Jays are fumbling a star It’s been a tough few years for the Blue Jays and high-end baseball talent.—
Chris Branch,
The Athletic,
19 Feb. 2025
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Even Ferrell himself fumbled over the racy lines, which elicited so much laughter that both Thompson and Murphy struggled to hold back their smiles.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Knicks blew a 19-point lead, and Philadelphia stormed back to take a 97-96 advantage with 3:59 left in the fourth quarter.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
27 Feb. 2025
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Courtenay Brown Feb 14, 2025 - Economy Trump trade plan intensifies The Trump trade war has blown past the realm of tariffs.—
Courtenay Brown,
Axios,
27 Feb. 2025
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At the stroke of a pen, U.S. and European leaders could order their banks to block the accounts of Russia’s central bank, rendering much of Putin’s cash pile inaccessible.—
Edward Fishman,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2025
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And scripts that hadn’t even been dreamt of have risen to the top of the production pile, with Rock and Clayface being prime examples.—
Borys Kit,
The Hollywood Reporter,
24 Feb. 2025
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And that’s before factoring in an error in the data published on DOGE’s website that mislabels a contract as $8 billion, which was later corrected in the federal database to only be $8 million.—
Bloomberg News,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Feb. 2025
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But the employee also explained that the recent layoffs will reduce the agency’s ability to defend against IT or security errors, on top of diminishing morale.—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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However, the Indian stock market has stumbled recently, with the BSE 500 shedding 19% from its recent peak last September—this after climbing 14.8% in 2024 and 25.1% in 2023.—
Garth Friesen,
Forbes,
28 Feb. 2025
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Those concerns came to a head during Biden's debate against now-President Donald Trump in June, when Biden sounded hoarse and appeared to stumble through several answers.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Sometimes, one bad person or a few bad people can ruin things for everybody.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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The floods were also a disaster for businesses that lost valuable stock, like a local bookstore which saw $25,000 worth of books ruined, the BBC reported.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Fluff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fluff. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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