sandblasted 1 of 2

adjective

Definition of sandblastednext
as in scraped

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sandblasted

2 of 2

verb

past tense of sandblast
as in sandpapered

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandblasted
  1. scraped
  2. scrubbed
  3. ground
  4. scoured
  5. eroded
Verb
  • Some artists and publishers are unhappy with the way their content is being scraped freely by companies like OpenAI and Google to train their large language models — AI models trained on huge quantities of data to generate humanlike responses.
    Ryan Browne, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Small infestations can be scraped off by hand or removed through pruning at any time.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of scraped
Adjective
  • But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 25 May 2024
  • There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.
    Chantha Nguon, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2024
Definition of scrubbed
Verb
  • Even with the absurdity multiverse stories can lead to, there still needs to be something to ground it, even in a video game.
    Hayes Madsen, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2024
  • American Airlines flights were briefly grounded Tuesday morning due to a technical issue, but the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the ground stop was lifted by about 8 a.m. EST.
    Tara Suter, The Hill, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of ground
Verb
  • Olson scoured his medical file and found no evidence to support this claim.
    J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Three nations scoured the deep waters in 2017 during a $150 million effort supported by Australia, China and Malaysia to find the Boeing 777 that went missing midflight in March 2014.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of scoured
Verb
  • The host and journalist Garrett Graff, himself a gun owner, contextualizes the past quarter century of mass shootings by laying out the political and legislative maneuvers that have eroded gun-control laws over the previous 50 years.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Currents flowing over an area that was eroded long ago by a glacier sweep sediment away, keeping the ancient terrain visible.
    Ashley Balzer Vigil, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of eroded
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