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Recent Examples of joe Get The Recipe 09 of 42 Sloppy Joe Casserole With Dinner Rolls Sloppy joes get revamped into a tasty, straight-from-the-oven meal. Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024 We may be stuck in gloomy, grimy post-Brexit London, surrounded by corporatized institutions more dangerous than terrorist networks, but there are still MI5 joes to root for who get out of scrapes and gun battles and somehow save the day. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023 Check out their favorite projects, mastered with the help of YouTube, and see how two average joes made this redo not only doable but done. Project 1: Refreshing the Exterior The first renovation on the list: a fresh coat of paint. Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023 Athletes project regular-joe public images while living amid yacht-and-helicopter splendor. New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joe
Noun
  • When the politician begins to speak of evacuation plans the guy immediately shouts him down.
    Lauren Wissot, IndieWire, 21 May 2025
  • Other impact guys include USC RB Quinten Joyner and Miami (Ohio) WR Reggie Virgil. 20.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • According to the release, one of the individuals, Gabriel Jesus Santiago, 14, is a male with brown hair and brown eyes who stands 5 foot, 8 inches and weighs about 135 pounds.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025
  • The driver of the vehicle is a 22-year-old male, who sustained minor to moderate injuries and was transported to the hospital.
    Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • The gentleman wears his sense of existential defeat like an off-the-rack suit.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 8 May 2025
  • Last week the administration removed board members appointed by former President Biden from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., including former second gentleman Doug Emhoff, the husband of former Vice President Kamala Harris.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
Noun
  • Jesus was single, never married; Disciples were all dudes ….
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 14 May 2025
  • Those are three really, really talented, strong, athletic dudes playing outside hitter for these teams.
    Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 10 May 2025

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“Joe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joe. Accessed 25 May. 2025.

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