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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mouthed (down)
Verb
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Shoppers put away their pocketbooks after splurging some for the holidays.—
Evan Clark,
WWD,
14 Feb. 2025 -
For her first five years, Tharp performed only new work, and once it had been done it was put away, in almost every case for good.—
Peter Larsen,
Orange County Register,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Since kids learn by example, Winston notes that telling kids to put down their phones is futile if parents don’t do the same.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
10 Feb. 2025
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Despite the ability of Atatürk’s government to put down the rebellion, the Turkish state grew to fear Kurdish uprisings, leading to policies that included the criminalization of identifying as Kurdish.—
Sefa Secen & Serhun Al / Made by History,
TIME,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Normally digested by the body with an enzyme called ‘lactase’, this sugar breaks down into lactic acid to feed the healthy bacteria in our intestinal microbiota.—
Marie Bladt,
Vogue,
24 Dec. 2024
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The brain has read every cybersecurity industry book that's been published, digested the company's more than 35 years of blogs and internal documents about cyber defense, and trained on its global threat research.—
Sam Sabin,
Axios,
17 Dec. 2024
Verb
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But when they're swallowed, those beads quickly expand to many times their original size, causing bowel blockages.—
Ryan Murphy,
The Indianapolis Star,
24 Dec. 2024
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Tiny batteries used to power items like remote controls or small electronic toys are extremely dangerous if swallowed.—
Ryan Murphy,
The Indianapolis Star,
24 Dec. 2024
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