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Recent Examples of gum
Paul McClure 06, New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
While it’s tucked between the gum and lip, the nicotine salts dissolve and diffuse through the porous, tea-bag-like pouch, absorbing into the mouth’s mucosal lining.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
That could gum up the trade market at large, particularly for teams searching for multiple first-round picks.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Many of the bacteria that became more abundant in response to the juice and juice-plus-food diets have been identified as risk factors for inflammation, colorectal cancer, heart disease, gum inflammation (gingivitis) and gum disease (periodontitis).
—Paul McClure 06, New Atlas, 6 Feb. 2025
While it’s tucked between the gum and lip, the nicotine salts dissolve and diffuse through the porous, tea-bag-like pouch, absorbing into the mouth’s mucosal lining.
—Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2025
Verb
As the second season wears on, this notion warps the plot in ways that strain credulity, and the series’ innumerable cliffhangers gum up the narrative with artificial tension.
—Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
That could gum up the trade market at large, particularly for teams searching for multiple first-round picks.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gum
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So anyway, rather than wasting an episode or two on Peter Parker trying out makeshift suits or learning to master his goo and whatnot, things pick up three months later with Peter in the earliest stages of super-heroism.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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Once Sharon was inside, an employee soaked her hands and nails, then slathered them with goos, gels and paints.—
Topher Sanders,
ProPublica,
9 Dec. 2024
Verb
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These proteins can malfunction, clump together and create tangles – preventing the microtubules from functioning properly.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Feb. 2025
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As early as 1500 BCE, ancient Egyptians added a binding agent to their water to clump contaminants together for easy removal.—
Bill Sullivan,
The Conversation,
27 Jan. 2025
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The final few months of the race saw multiple Best Picture hopefuls tarred by one online controversy or another, from The Brutalist’s use of AI to Anora star Mikey Madison forgoing an intimacy coordinator.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
22 Feb. 2025
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For a half-century, Republicans have tarred them as soft on crime.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The slender piece of wood can serve as a useful tool—especially for puppies, who often chew on objects like sticks to soothe discomfort while teething, much like teething children are given hard objects to chew.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
21 Feb. 2025
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There’s lots to chew on here and (dog food notwithstanding) this is arguably quite a meaty area of practical AI application to get stuck into.—
Adrian Bridgwater,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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The arts scene in the city is a major factor and so to be apart of that scene that is putting on events, playing dope shows and music is something that gives me lot of pride.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Jan. 2025
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Now there’s the loneliness of the long-distance dope fiend.—
Henry Everingham,
SPIN,
17 Oct. 2024
Verb
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After it was repaired and returned to the museum, in 2001, visitors complained that the painting had lost its shimmer: the restorer seemed to have covered Newman’s careful combination of magenta and sienna oils in a thick shell of acrylic house paint.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Cleaning, sharpening, and oiling metal tools preps them for their best performance and ease of use.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2025
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During fermentation, natural enzymes and microorganisms break down the sugars and proteins in the mucilage, modifying the beans’ acidity, sweetness, and overall flavor profile.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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The digestive process strips the mucilage from the beans and induces fermentation.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Sadly, there are countless more examples like these larding my social media feed and surely those of tens of thousands of others.—
DJ Rosenthal,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Nov. 2024
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This expensive, but frequently cheap-looking, placeholder is historical, but larded up with clunky fiction.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 July 2024
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“Gum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gum. Accessed 4 Mar. 2025.
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