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Recent Examples of plaster
Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Natural materials like white oak floors accented by Santorini shell stone, mahogany, bespoke plaster walls, and two types of marbles are featured between the structures and aid in elevating the open-air interiors whilst framing waterfront views.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025
Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
This can involve them being personally attacked and brigaded online or their actual faces being plastered on YouTube thumbnails.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Noun
To avoid further misconceptions, the ownership group decided to remove any references to Elvis the man—including the plaster bust.
—Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 10 Mar. 2025
Natural materials like white oak floors accented by Santorini shell stone, mahogany, bespoke plaster walls, and two types of marbles are featured between the structures and aid in elevating the open-air interiors whilst framing waterfront views.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2025
Verb
Sixteen years ago, the single mother of 14 was plastered across the media.
—Janine Rubenstein, People.com, 6 Mar. 2025
This can involve them being personally attacked and brigaded online or their actual faces being plastered on YouTube thumbnails.
—Paul Tassi, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaster
Noun
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And as Gen Z grows increasingly conscious of climate anxiety, this style of low-impact dressing may begin to resonate far beyond a momentary meme.—
Zoe Bayliss Wong,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Add a few tablespoons of the dressing plus a few pinches of flaky salt and toss to coat.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But so was the dialogue, and this is where Cerda really nails it.—
Nina Metz,
chicagotribune.com,
20 June 2017
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Marist coach Colleen Biebel also sent Garofalo, who was nailed at home on a perfect relay throw from Barrington shortstop Julia Kozar.—
Tony Baranek,
Daily Southtown,
10 June 2017
Verb
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Their victorious players meander over, gathering in front of a chainlink fence draped with handmade banners daubed in the dark green and deep burgundy of Mohun Bagan, India’s great footballing powerhouse.—
Rory Smith,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Also on the red carpet tonight before Tom Tykwer’s opening film Das Licht (The Light), multiple protestors formed another protest, wearing masks and raising hands daubed in what seemed to be red paint.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
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His 79th-minute header from Andy Robertson’s free kick beat goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma but cannoned off the upright and across the face of the goal with no Liverpool player able to follow up, and the Premier League leaders ended up losing the last-16 tie in a penalty shootout.—
Andy Jones,
The Athletic,
13 Mar. 2025
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Mousley vividly remembers his first Villa memory, describing the Paul Scholes’ volley that cannoned off the underside of the crossbar and into the net.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Investing in both a styling cream and a texturizing spray provides versatility when creating your final look.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
27 Mar. 2025
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The most common treatment is using corticosteroid cream to calm inflammation and redness.—
Taylor Lane,
Flow Space,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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By that point the sweatshirt was smeared with their many flavors on offer: chocolate, pistachio and Biscoff.—
Kiana Hayeri,
New York Times,
26 Mar. 2025
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Assailants have stalked them in public and smeared them online.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Just as often as not, what results from this impulse to lightly fictionalize a recent news story is an overly straightforward telling of the same facts we’ve been barraged with already.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Mar. 2025
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Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) tried to dismiss the controversy when he was barraged by television camera crews outside his office in the Dirksen Building on Tuesday morning.—
Alexander Bolton,
The Hill,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What to do: Gently scrub a granite countertop with a poultice and a soft cloth to eliminate lingering stains.—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2025
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In 1260, Vincent of Beauvais gave instructions to travelers to use poultices (a dressing for wounds) made of oil, plants and quicksilver (mercury) to prevent and manage blisters — an all too frequent ailment experienced by pilgrims walking long distances.—
Megan Cassidy-Welch,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Plaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaster. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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