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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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slush

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verb

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Recent Examples of slush
Noun
Conditions were perfect for testing—variable—ranging from windblown powder and pristine corduroy to sunny slush and refrozen mank. Drew Zieff, Outside Online, 11 Oct. 2024 Flooding on some western North Carolina rivers blew past records set in 1916 as extreme rainfall amounts in the last week of September led to a rampaging slush of mud and debris. Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 9 Oct. 2024
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
  • Not to be the bearers of bad news, but your garbage disposal isn’t as good at disposing of garbage as the name implies.
    Melissa Locker, Southern Living, 7 Dec. 2024
  • There are two piles of garbage close to the Stage Star Deli at 105 West 55th Street, where the CCTV camera was recording.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • My one big gripe with this season has always been the location of the tribe camps, which were basically mud pits.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The animal was about a foot long and used its head, rather than its arms, to dig into the mud.
    Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Lewis Barbecue in downtown Charleston specializes in Texas-style barbecue and has fun options like green chile cheddar sausage, corn pudding, and nachos.
    Trudy Haywood Saunders, Travel + Leisure, 4 Dec. 2024
  • The restaurant offers, as its name suggests, Sinaloa-style tamales (beef and vegetable filling), natural corn and corn with chile and cheese.
    Paula Soria, The Arizona Republic, 2 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • This recipe requires only tomatoes, onions, garlic, brie cheese, olive oil, and spices.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Frozen cheese can dry out and become crumbly, but may used in cooking.
    Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • It can be used in products like degreasers, brake cleaners, sealants, lubricants, adhesives, paints, coatings and arts and crafts spray coatings.
    Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Simply update your current greenery with metallic accents by spraying add-ons like pinecones and magnolia leaves in shimmering gold or silver.
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Try sprinkling ground flaxseed or chia seeds on granola and yogurt, and snack on small quantities of nuts during the day.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
  • The best choices for you and the planet Another important omega-3, alpha-linolenic acid or ALA, is found in nuts and seeds such as walnuts, flaxseeds and chia seeds — with ground flaxseeds and flaxseed oil providing the highest amounts, according to Harvard Medical School’s website.
    Sandee LaMotte, CNN, 11 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Torrents of poisonous sludge pouring through collapsed tailings dams have contaminated waterways in Brazil, Canada, and elsewhere and killed hundreds of people—in addition to the hundreds, possibly thousands, of miners who die in workplace accidents each year.
    Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Even The Daily Mail picked it up—the surest sign that a story has become part of the Internet’s lowbrow sludge.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 21 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The Biden Administration waged its own war against junk fees.
    NerdWallet, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Chandler christened the beast as Big Foot, and showcased its brute strength by driving over junk cars at events all over the Midwest.
    Peter Nelson, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024

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“Slush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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