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as in mud
soft wet earth he paused in front of the doorway to wipe the slush off of his boots before going inside

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as in corn
something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental a musical that has been reviled as pure slush by the New York critics

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as in cheese
that which is of low quality or worth discovered that slush is what publishers want, so that's exactly what she'll write didn't want to put in the effort to produce anything better than slush

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verb

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Recent Examples of slush
Noun
Portions of Interstate 70 show mixed snow, ice, and slush. Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 6 Jan. 2025 Any snow on the ground should melt or turn to slush. Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 2 Jan. 2025
Verb
Kevin Nye attended the Juneau Trump rally, where vehicles, some decked with U.S. flags or banners supporting Trump, lined up Sunday to parade through town as the streets turned to slush from the snow and rain. Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2020 When the bathrooms began flooding, the manager decided the night was canceled, and fans begrudgingly slushed their way out. Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020 See all Example Sentences for slush 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush
Noun
  • When a garbage man showed up this week, Ms. deVicariis was overjoyed after days of cleaning up vegetation.
    Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Then again, one man’s garbage TV is another man’s treasure.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The exterior is made of water-resistant suede to shield your toes from water, snow, and mud, and the padded heel collar prevents ankle blisters.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 21 Jan. 2025
  • The bottom can also at times be limestone, not squishy mud, which again contributes to the unique coloring.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Indiana orchard carves stunning Caitlin Clark tribute into corn maze County Line Orchard in Hobart, Indiana, has seen record crowds come to witness its Caitlin Clark corn maze in honor of the WNBA Fever and former Iowa star this Halloween season.
    Jackson Thompson, Fox News, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Feedlots demand corn – a lot of it – which pushes farmers to grow more.
    Katie Bernard, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Then, just follow the recipe as directed. Can't get enough mac and cheese?
    Josh Miller, Southern Living, 21 Jan. 2025
  • There are three tiers of service including Premier Tables ($4,000) with seating for six that includes three bottles of Laurent Perrier La Cuvée or Brut Rosé, one Chute Eleven seafood tower and one cheese and charcuterie board.
    Rob Reed, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • John Deere offers a bunch of diesel and battery powered autonomous tractors and trucks that come equipped with advanced cameras and sensors that enables one employee to do the planting, crop spraying, dumping and moving work of multiple workers. CES 2025 was all about consumers.
    Gene Marks, Forbes, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Sinner won a routine first set as Rune sprayed his groundstrokes, making 14 unforced errors between his forehand and backhand to Sinner’s seven.
    Charlie Eccleshare, The Athletic, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Sewage sludge has now been spread on millions of acres across the country.
    Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Despite the film’s best efforts to melt its characters into the vast sludge of superhero cinema, the union between Eddie and Venom is simply too pure to be diluted down to nothing.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 23 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • One of the other major ratings agencies, Moody’s, did not change its assessment of the city after the budget passed, keeping its rating at Baa3+, one notch above junk.
    Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Digital junk piles up faster than clutter in real life.
    Kim Komando, Fox News, 13 Jan. 2025

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“Slush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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