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language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
all that talk about taking up the farming life was just a lot of spoiled applesauce
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Recent Examples of applesauce
Make a Batch of Applesauce Want to make homemade applesauce?
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Molly Allen, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
These are sweetened with applesauce and bound together with almond butter (peanut butter also works).
—Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
Fox News Digital can confirm he was served a cake made by his fellow inmates and was also given his favorite snack – applesauce.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
One item that the commissary list does not include is applesauce, which his lawyer and one witness testified Combs loves and would put on his cheeseburgers.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for applesauce
Molly Allen, Southern Living, 10 Nov. 2025
These are sweetened with applesauce and bound together with almond butter (peanut butter also works).
—Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
Fox News Digital can confirm he was served a cake made by his fellow inmates and was also given his favorite snack – applesauce.
—Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
One item that the commissary list does not include is applesauce, which his lawyer and one witness testified Combs loves and would put on his cheeseburgers.
—Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for applesauce
Noun
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The next slide showed a mouthwatering array of meats, cheeses, crudite and nuts set for snacking on, along with bottles of Haack's champagne line, Clé Cachée, chilling behind an array of glasses.—
Marina Watts,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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For instance, nuts, seeds, nut butters, and chocolate are more prone to oxidation, which can lead to rancid flavors or a gritty texture.—
Bridget Shirvell,
Martha Stewart,
8 Jan. 2026
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Installed on the former garbage dump bounded by Sunset, Lewis, Western and Glen Flora avenues, there are now 20,000 solar panels.—
Charles Selle,
Chicago Tribune,
12 Jan. 2026
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Rescuers retrieved eight people alive and were searching for the missing still trapped after a huge mound of garbage and debris collapsed on them in the village of Binaliw in Cebu city, police said.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
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That rule is nonsense — especially with two applicants who pretty clearly spend most of their time in Tallahassee, and two who work in Lakeland.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 Jan. 2026
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But the residency rule is nonsense.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Jan. 2026
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In one image—a favorite of mine—a man lies on an expanse of sand, cradling a smiling child, whose drool is pooling on the man’s shirtless chest.—
Chris Wiley,
New Yorker,
20 Dec. 2025
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Lotte looks down at drips of drool on the green rubber mat that covers her desk.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Dec. 2025
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In other words, our complexion is looking pallid, our skin is dry, and our overall appearance is just a little blah at the moment.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
2 Jan. 2026
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Instead of layers upon layers of neutral greige tones that simply feel blah, embrace contrast, rich tones, surfaces with a patina, and items that tell a story.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Dec. 2025
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But for all you who aren’t a fan of olives, other options include seasonal veggies, salad, giant beans or a marinated beet salad.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Jan. 2026
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Include fiber-rich foods, such as vegetables, whole grains, beans, lentils, nuts, and seeds.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
12 Jan. 2026
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Piles of human scraps offer a bottomless buffet to wildlife, and to access that bounty, animals need to be bold enough to rummage through human rubbish but not so bold as to become a threat to people.—
Marina Wang,
Scientific American,
14 Nov. 2025
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Helga once wrestled down a drunk fisherman in the Café, a man of above-average size, and then threw him out like a piece of rubbish; Jens thus transfers most of his weight automatically to her; who is this kid, by the way?—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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The show combines the world-building vibes of BoJack Horseman with the silliness of Bob’s Burgers, and tops the whole thing off with the musical stylings of a Crazy Ex-Girlfriend — all wrapped in family-friendly packaging.—
Will Harris,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Jan. 2026
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Then came the commemorative T-shirts and hats and the horde of reporters around Saquon Barkley as the running back reflected on the silliness of this season.—
Brooks Kubena,
New York Times,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Applesauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applesauce. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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