as in to blame
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
London reviewers slagged off the new play for being another kitchen-sink drama
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Recent Examples of slag
George Caulkin, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
This had more than local repercussions, as the enmity trailed all the way back to the Philippines, where relatives in the two families slagged one another off on social media.
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2024
Carol handed me a piece of slag—black, glassy rock—that had come from one of the reactors after the extraction of key elements.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Navel gazing obsession with one Twitter account and slagging colleagues.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
This had more than local repercussions, as the enmity trailed all the way back to the Philippines, where relatives in the two families slagged one another off on social media.
—Han Ong, The New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2023
Noun
At that time, a version of the material that used slag as a binder was being used to retrofit a 120-year-old Seattle building's foundation.
—Ben Coxworth, New Atlas, 1 Oct. 2024
Carol handed me a piece of slag—black, glassy rock—that had come from one of the reactors after the extraction of key elements.
—Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slag
Verb
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Finally, blaming the pharmaceutical industry for high drug costs has historically been PBMs’ go-to defense.—
Joshua P. Cohen,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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While most economists agree that Biden was not to blame for inflation, the yearslong bout of sharp-rising prices hit Americans hard and, ultimately, cast a thick cloud over Biden’s presidency that carried through to the November election.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But because of all the silt and sand and gravel, the water moves very slowly, only about a foot a day – a mile in 15 years.—
Daniel Desrochers,
Kansas City Star,
16 Jan. 2025
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The rush of water carried some silt and old algae with it, resulting in a temporary loss of water quality, a spokesperson for the Klamath River Restoration Corporation said.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
USA TODAY,
2 Sep. 2024
Verb
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Trump has been harshly criticized for pardoning Jan. 6 defendants who assaulted police officers but said Tuesday that planned pardons of D.C. police Terence Sutton and Andrew Zabavsky indicate his true stance in support of law enforcement.—
Haisten Willis,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
22 Jan. 2025
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The Sun article in question reported that Sheeran had attended a party on New Year's Eve hosted by the Harry Potter author, who has been publicly criticized for making anti-trans comments.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Sewage sludge has now been spread on millions of acres across the country.—
Hiroko Tabuchi,
New York Times,
27 Dec. 2024
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Despite the film’s best efforts to melt its characters into the vast sludge of superhero cinema, the union between Eddie and Venom is simply too pure to be diluted down to nothing.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
23 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Last June, an inspector faulted the home after a child developed a pressure wound on his foot that was left untreated for two weeks.—
Carol Marbin Miller,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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Although Amorim did not fault his team’s effort, there are still major concerns about their application.—
Charlotte Harpur,
The Athletic,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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But failure—the end point of the story of generational decay, of gold exchanged for dross—is not inevitable.—
Fergus McIntosh,
The New Yorker,
11 Jan. 2025
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Mixed in with the everyday dross are a few sparkly flecks of strangeness, curious anomalies that might be clues to a larger mystery.—
Lev Grossman,
The Atlantic,
30 Sep. 2024
Verb
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But Keys was able to knock the tennis titan off balance with a stunning opening match, eventually winning the whole tournament in the final set, which was tied till the very end.—
Mansee Khurana,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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And in this case, Homeland Security is knocking on states’ doors.—
Ana Ceballos,
Miami Herald,
25 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Trump asserted that residents should be allowed back on their properties immediately, but Bass pushed back — saying there was still hazardous waste that needed to be cleared from many of the sites.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Jan. 2025
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And the new administration is seeking ways to root out waste, fraud, abuse and Biden-era policies with a new government efficiency program led by billionaire businessman Elon Musk.—
Kristin Brown,
CBS News,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Slag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slag. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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