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as in to dry
to make dry
the clear desert air is seared by the summer sun
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as in burn
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Recent Examples of sear
Don Riddell, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
Prospective applicants must embrace searing heat and tropical insects too.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Sam Sifton, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Through the suit, the City of Chicago seeks a court order requiring defendants to stop selling and marketing Glock pistols that can be easily converted to fully automatic fire with a device called an auto sear.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Verb
The details of that day are still indelibly seared into his mind, because what could so easily have been a traumatic event instead became something wonderful.
—Don Riddell, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
Prospective applicants must embrace searing heat and tropical insects too.
—Charlotte Graham-McLay, Los Angeles Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
Try the reverse sear on a steak, as Steven Raichlen does, or on a roast of pork.
—Sam Sifton, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Through the suit, the City of Chicago seeks a court order requiring defendants to stop selling and marketing Glock pistols that can be easily converted to fully automatic fire with a device called an auto sear.
—Tim Ryan, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sear
Verb
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In essence, toasting and charring prepare the barrel to be an active partner in the aging process.—
Emily Price,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Also on offer will be a Vietnamese hollow donut coated in everything seasoning and filled with salmon pastrami and charred scallion cream cheese.—
Meira Gebel,
Axios,
4 Apr. 2025
Verb
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How to moisturize face After cleansing your skin, you may be tempted to completely dry your face off with a towel.—
Ariana Yaptangco,
Glamour,
1 Apr. 2025
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The fragrance opens with a juicy blend of wild strawberries and mandarin, developing into a heart of red rose and jasmine, before drying down to warm cedarwood.—
Danielle James,
Vogue,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Burn ban in Lake County Lake County has issued a countywide burn ban effective March 25, due to increasing drought conditions and extreme wildfire conditions brought on by a lack of significant rainfall in recent weeks.—
Orlando Sentinel Staff,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 Apr. 2025
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This approach makes the burn of a tough workout feel more like fun, keeping you engaged and motivated.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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With the same milky blue water as the Blue Lagoon and a fraction of the crowd, these are the hot springs of your dreams, fed from a bore hole at a scorching 266 degrees before the water cools to between 96 and 104 degrees.—
Maggie Fuller,
AFAR Media,
1 Apr. 2025
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Hedges hit his ninth and tenth home runs of the season on Saturday against Indiana, continuing his scorching start to the season.—
Ryan Kartje,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Old friends with new scars, trying not to aggravate the wounds of yesterday.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
3 Apr. 2025
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Kilmer says the cancer is gone, but its scars linger.—
Barbara VanDenburgh,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Applying a thin layer of lawn soil might help protect the green runners from sun scald but is probably not necessary.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Mar. 2025
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Wrap the trunk of very young trees to help protect them from sun scald, making sure to remove it after the last frost in spring.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
9 Dec. 2024
Noun
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The result is a pattern of harm that is widely underreported, legally under-enforced and institutionally ignored.—
Sughnen Yongo,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Persistent exposure to air pollution can cause permanent harm, creating health problems for children and setting them up to become sicker adults.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There’s this undercurrent of hurt that leads people to do unimaginable things to one another.—
Jenelle Riley,
Variety,
4 Apr. 2025
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Lost in the hurt and anger of the trade is that Davis is a Hall of Fame player.—
Mac Engel,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
3 Apr. 2025
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“Sear.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sear. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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