as in fried
being under the influence of alcohol
work was so awful that I'm just going to go out and get potted tonight
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Recent Examples of potted
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 22 July 2024
Step 1: Prep the Area Prepare the area by removing any nearby yard decorations, like potted plants or patio furniture, then cover nearby plants and landscaping with a tarp.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
Walk along brick sidewalks and up steps lined with potted plants and step into your South End home away from home.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
The tent can be as small as a tabletop system or as large as 6 feet tall with space for dozens of potted plants, and tucked into a spare bedroom.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2024
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Don't cut corners here and just shift everything over a bit—take the time to clear your entire deck of potted plants, furniture, rugs, and anything else that may live there.
—Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 22 July 2024
Step 1: Prep the Area Prepare the area by removing any nearby yard decorations, like potted plants or patio furniture, then cover nearby plants and landscaping with a tarp.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
Walk along brick sidewalks and up steps lined with potted plants and step into your South End home away from home.
—Kristi Kellogg, Architectural Digest, 21 Oct. 2024
The tent can be as small as a tabletop system or as large as 6 feet tall with space for dozens of potted plants, and tucked into a spare bedroom.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potted
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Experts recommend limiting foods high in trans fats, such as fried foods, as much as possible.Jillian Kubala, Health, 9 Dec. 2024
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Between lighting the menorah and eating all fried goodness, a refreshing cocktail may be a festive way to break up all that oil.Aly Walansky, Forbes, 8 Dec. 2024
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If a team is ranked in the top four but is not a conference champion, it will be seeded fifth and will play in two weeks in the first round of the playoffs.Issy Ronald and Kyle Feldscher, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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Boise State was seeded higher than Arizona State despite a weaker schedule — an outcome that sends the Broncos to the Fiesta Bowl (Glendale) for their quarterfinal game and forces the Sun Devils to play in the Peach Bowl (Atlanta).Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024
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Setting things in motion was the dropping off of a drunk seaman at NIS, by a Shore Patrol officer who was in a rush to a hot date and didn’t have time for a proper handoff to the MPs.Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 9 Dec. 2024
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Be aware of the regulations and know that being drunk in public will almost certainly result in jail time and fines.Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 9 Dec. 2024
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The animals were cataloged before being put in trailers and transported to their new home.Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 6 Dec. 2024
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Heller herself put in a huge amount of work into getting her toddler actors to do exactly what each scene in the film required, from smashing a plate of spaghetti to toppling Amy Adams and covering her in paint.Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 6 Dec. 2024
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Besides, drunken Survivor footage is the best kind of footage.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
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Like one bride's tale about how she was forced to have wedding crashers kicked out of her wedding by police when their drunken behavior became too much.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Some wet weather could impact parts of the East on Christmas Day.Mary Gilbert, CNN, 16 Dec. 2024
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Their warm and wet climates couldn’t produce the brawny horses needed for their cavalries.David Chaffetz, Fortune Asia, 15 Dec. 2024
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Nonetheless, fusion research is rarely a wasted effort, Whyte says.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 3 Dec. 2024
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There is no wasted movement, and virtually everything seems to have a purpose.Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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Their plastered smiles and scripted pleasantries represented a great loss of emotional freedom and a new level of managerial control.TIME, TIME, 24 Oct. 2023
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And the room, van Gogh’s bedroom in Arles, with its rough-hewn bed frame and the restful violet color of the plastered walls.David Lyman, The Enquirer, 10 Mar. 2022
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“Potted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potted. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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