scraping(s)

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Noun
  • The beautiful forested ridge is now an ugly scar, a desert of stumps and slash.
    Larry Dablemont, Outdoor Life, 5 Mar. 2025
  • Drilling vertically into ice and extracting a core is akin to measuring how old a tree is by counting a stump’s rings.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 13 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Traffic congestion, air, water and noise pollution, excessive plastic usage, flooding, and unsatisfactory refuse collection processes, are just some of the problems the Thai capital has to contend with.
    Isabelle Kliger, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • The dirty floor was barely visible beneath the immense clutter of half-broken furniture; utensils and cooking appliances were streaked with saucy refuse; and people were packed together, yelling as if there weren’t just two centimeters of void between them.
    Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • If there is any residue or stuck-on hairpspray on the straightener, these will transfer to the clothing item and pose a larger problem than the wrinkles.
    Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The repercussions opened the door for a cyclone of experiences that left more residue of trauma in her life in its aftermath.
    Lynnette Nicholas, Essence, 19 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The contracts also include new streaming residuals to address a $670 million shortfall in the pension and health plans, which are largely funded by hourly contributions and thus took a hit due to last year’s six-month work stoppage.
    Carolyn Giardina, Variety, 18 July 2024
  • Two years years ago, the Danish production sector got hit with a 50% drop in commissions after streamers froze commissions due to a fight over a residuals with Create Denmark, a guild representing actors and filmmakers, among others.
    Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 12 Feb. 2025
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“Scraping(s).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scraping%28s%29. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.

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