as in to wax
to defeat by a large margin
the local football team was shellacked 35-0 in their final outing for the season
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Recent Examples of shellac
But, seriously – does anyone believe the Heat’s youth benefited from the shellacking Cleveland handed them?
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Shane Young, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
After finishing as the Western Conference's top seed with one of the best records in league history, 68-14, the Thunder had emphatically shellacked Memphis in each of their first two games of the series.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
But Jimmy Butler is, despite the 112-86 shellacking the Miami Heat gave his Golden State Warriors Tuesday night.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
These big tech company stocks stood there no matter what kind of shellacking the futures dealt us.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
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Shane Young, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
After finishing as the Western Conference's top seed with one of the best records in league history, 68-14, the Thunder had emphatically shellacked Memphis in each of their first two games of the series.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Apr. 2025
But Jimmy Butler is, despite the 112-86 shellacking the Miami Heat gave his Golden State Warriors Tuesday night.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
These big tech company stocks stood there no matter what kind of shellacking the futures dealt us.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shellac
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As Hedges waxed poetic about Cantillo’s outing, Cantillo tried to hold back a smile.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
10 Sep. 2025
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See the full list of competitors and their partners, then press PLAY on the video above to watch Ribeiro and Derek Hough wax nostalgic about that unexpected dancefloor interlude.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
3 Sep. 2025
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Then add the chicken broth and cream and bring to a simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, until the liquid reaches a gravy-like consistency.—
Robin Miller,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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Dr Pepper has invested heavily in marketing during college football games and come up with novel flavors like strawberries and cream to entice soda drinkers.—
Nathaniel Meyersohn,
CNN Money,
2 Sep. 2025
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Invita Cafe, a San Diego coffee shop, is being scrutinized and review-bombed on social media for pro-Charlie Kirk posts and products as part of a broader national response on both sides of the political aisle to last week's assassination of the conservative commentator.—
Nick Mordowanec,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Sep. 2025
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Forget the marketing campaign that bombed.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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How Wi-Fi HaLow Can Help Address These Needs To overcome connectivity gaps in large-scale environmental monitoring, some researchers and technologists are turning to Wi-Fi HaLow.—
Michael De Nil,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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The movie adaptation is also rife with metaphors about boys becoming men and overcoming life-or-death circumstances to make it out the other side.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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The tight end completed a pass from quarterback Patrick Mahomes for a 37-yard score in the fourth quarter and whipped out some moves in the end zone to celebrate.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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People also experimented with brown sugar, oat milk, or whipped foam to mimic the cookie’s sweetness and texture.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 Sep. 2025
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In another study, students using AI to revise their essays scored higher than those revising without AI, often by simply copying and pasting sentences from ChatGPT.—
Brian W. Stone,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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Then copy and paste the selection into a text file, note or email.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
9 Sep. 2025
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As the late historian Barry Rubin documented in his biography of Arafat, the Palestinian leader used a variety of methods, both buying off and burying his opponents.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Early in the novel, Harold points out that authors are constantly looking for ways to bury their true beliefs in their text, rather than state them outright.—
Jeremy Gordon,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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Two Cornell students hunted and skinned a 120-pound bear inside a residence hall kitchen over the weekend, university personnel said.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
11 Sep. 2025
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Candice and Glenn sent Parker and Madison to wash off their swamp smell, then did the dirty work of prepping and skinning the frogs.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Shellac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shellac. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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