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as in to whip
to defeat by a large margin
with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election
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as in to slap
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field
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as in epoxy
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Recent Examples of paste
Natalie Nathanson, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Feel free to copy and paste it to your pre-baby-meeting group chats, or use it as a jumping off point for your own personal message.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 9 Apr. 2025
Bonnie Tsui, AFAR Media, 6 May 2025
Let the paste sit for 30 minutes. Rinse away thoroughly and repeat if necessary.
Method 4: For Acrylic Tubs
Acrylic tubs require specific cleaners because of how sensitive the material is.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 2 May 2025
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Verb
Repurposing content is smart, but copying and pasting the same content everywhere is not.
—Natalie Nathanson, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
Feel free to copy and paste it to your pre-baby-meeting group chats, or use it as a jumping off point for your own personal message.
—Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 9 Apr. 2025
Noun
My father’s longtime favorite has always been the black sesame soup— the paste smooth and dark as night, served hot—topped by chewy, ping-pong ball–size rice dumplings filled with sweet peanut paste.
—Bonnie Tsui, AFAR Media, 6 May 2025
Let the paste sit for 30 minutes. Rinse away thoroughly and repeat if necessary.
Method 4: For Acrylic Tubs
Acrylic tubs require specific cleaners because of how sensitive the material is.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 2 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paste
Verb
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Appropriately, those flags whipped atop the Hall of Fame building on a particularly windy Friday, hours before a 40-year ceremony for the 1985 team and a day prior to a 10-year reunion for the 2015 team.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
17 May 2025
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Made with 92 percent natural ingredients, the gentle, sulfate-free shampoo is whipped with tea tree and peppermint oils, which help create a healthy pH balance on the scalp and smell like a spa.—
Jenny Berg,
Allure,
17 May 2025
Verb
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Honda’s results come amid trade tensions with the U.S., which has slapped a 25% tariff on foreign automobile imports.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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Trump has made clear that his shock plans to slap a 100% tariff on film imports would not be included in a trade deal with the UK, where Pryce films Slow Horses.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
11 May 2025
Noun
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To better understand the impact date, researchers analyzed the crystals of zircon minerals in the Stac Fada Member.—
Patrick Pester,
Space.com,
12 May 2025
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Assessing these characteristics, the study authors traced the zircons’ origins to Greenland and to time periods between 0.5 billion and 3 billion years ago.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The formula is a gel-cream that hydrates skin with such ingredients as collagen-boosting copper peptides, smoothing saccharide isomerate, moisture-retaining sodium PCA, and calming zinc oxide.—
Danielle Sinay,
Glamour,
8 May 2025
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Eyes dart, brows furrow, and Holliday lets slip a slight grin, before skinning that smoke wagon and firing one shot into Ringo’s forehead.—
Joseph Hudak,
Rolling Stone,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Panthers can punch with anyone, if this series comes to that.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
12 May 2025
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All three have at least one title, too, and the power four has punched three Final Four tickets in the last two state tournaments.—
Tom Mulherin,
Boston Herald,
10 May 2025
Noun
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The digestive process strips the mucilage from the beans and induces fermentation.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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During fermentation, natural enzymes and microorganisms break down the sugars and proteins in the mucilage, modifying the beans’ acidity, sweetness, and overall flavor profile.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Noun
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There is also room for maximalist flair such as back pocket designs with bows, bold stitching and rhinestones.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
9 May 2025
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Meanwhile, her brows were equally shimmering: they were dressed up with black rhinestones Bad Bunny paid homage to his heritage by accessorizing his multiple-shades-of-brown Prada suit with a Puerto Rican pava hat.—
Gretta Monahan,
Boston Herald,
8 May 2025
Verb
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Cause of death: There are several causes of death because Ulric receives the nine lives of a cat: shot in the head, drowned, hanged, car crash, electrocuted, crossbow, stabbed, suffocated after burying himself alive. Sad or satisfying?—
Carrie Wittmer,
Vulture,
19 May 2025
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When managers bury the message in a compliment sandwich, it gets lost.—
Julia Korn,
Forbes.com,
19 May 2025
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“Paste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paste. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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