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Recent Examples of gum
Eliot Stein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
Before raising premiums for tobacco use, employers must offer people an opportunity to quit smoking through counseling, nicotine-replacement gum or patch or other smoking cessation treatments.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
His government runs interference for Moscow, gumming up European and trans-Atlantic efforts to combat Russia’s unlawful aggression at every turn.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
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Noun
The precursor of the xylophone and marimba, a balafon is made by carefully cutting 21 wooden slats into different lengths, fixing them atop hallow calabashes, and striking them with mallets wound with the gum and sap of a rubber tree.
—Eliot Stein, Rolling Stone, 9 Dec. 2024
Before raising premiums for tobacco use, employers must offer people an opportunity to quit smoking through counseling, nicotine-replacement gum or patch or other smoking cessation treatments.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2025
Verb
But for a few hours a day, the 4-month-old pygmy hippo springs to life, gumming on leaves, zooming around the compound and tossing her head in a silent, open-mouthed roar.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2024
His government runs interference for Moscow, gumming up European and trans-Atlantic efforts to combat Russia’s unlawful aggression at every turn.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gum
Noun
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The dough had a hole in it, and disintegrated into sloppy goo in the oven.—
Saahil Desai,
The Atlantic,
6 Dec. 2024
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There were photorealistic renderings of male and female heads and bodies festooned with strange confetti-like colored goo.—
John Werner,
Forbes,
18 Dec. 2024
Verb
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Dried-out mascara will clump and flake, but more importantly bacteria can get into the tube via the mascara wand, eventually leading to potential eye infections.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
17 Jan. 2025
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His coat was clumped together with dirt and matting.—
Michael Gfoeller And David H. Rundell,
Newsweek,
16 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Maybe a little but the skeptic in me says we would have just been carelessly tarred by the same brush as the rest of the media, which would have made the move futile.—
Andrew Wallenstein,
Variety,
11 Dec. 2024
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Its electoral success rested in large part on the claim that the AKP embodied the authentic will of the nation; the party tarred its opponents as corrupt, cosmopolitan elites.—
Ece Temelkuran,
Foreign Affairs,
22 July 2020
Verb
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Nvidia has been preparing the release of the 50 Series, which couple stellar visual performance with the power and flexibility needed to run modern AI applications, including chewing through huge sets of training data.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PCMAG,
28 Jan. 2025
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Near-daily use over several months—along with a teething baby chewing on the corners—revealed the cover was very durable and held up without damage.—
Chaunie Brusie, RN,
Parents,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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To have that opportunity, that capability, is dope.—
Elliott Teaford,
Orange County Register,
3 Jan. 2025
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There’s a producer, Child Actor, who’s really dope that was on my radar.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
13 Dec. 2024
Verb
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While the citrus oils within marigolds can offer some protection, particularly with nematodes, this protection is still limited and is not an all-encompassing fix-all.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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His jet-black hair is cleanly parted and oiled; his face, big and round.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
Noun
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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 1 Feb. 2025.
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