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
Yin was 3-for-3 and had four RBIs in Monta Vista 32-0 shellacking over Jefferson.
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Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
The result was a dispiriting 5-1 shellacking at the hands of a deeply mid Seattle Kraken side.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Instead, the union got shellacked.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium* The Colts, before collapsing, arguably had their best game of their season in the opener against the Dolphins, a 33-8 shellacking in Indiana.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
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Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
The result was a dispiriting 5-1 shellacking at the hands of a deeply mid Seattle Kraken side.
—Thomas Drance, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2026
Instead, the union got shellacked.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium* The Colts, before collapsing, arguably had their best game of their season in the opener against the Dolphins, a 33-8 shellacking in Indiana.
—Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 5 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shellac
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The razor-thin crescent of the waxing moon will also be present to the lower right of Mercury, all but impossible to spot in the glow of the setting sun.—
Anthony Wood,
Space.com,
15 June 2026
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In one particularly confessional episode, the Belgian star lavishes his wife with praise while waxing lyrical about his past mistakes.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
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The 3-to 4-inch 60-petal count, romantic double blooms are apricot and cream with pink outer petals.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Dec. 2025
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In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter and sugar until combined.—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Dec. 2025
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Months later, the US and Israel bombed Iran in a conflict that is ongoing.—
Kinsey Crowley,
USA Today,
10 June 2026
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The campus is eerily silent, even as Israel attacks Lebanon and the United States bombs Iran.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2026
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The Bulldogs fell behind 3-0 in the first and could not overcome the early deficit thanks to the efforts of OU starting pitcher Xander Mercurius’ 7 1/3 quality innings pitched.—
Hunter DeLauder,
AJC.com,
16 June 2026
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Chasing atomic limits To overcome that challenge, the KAIST team relied on first-principles calculations, a computational approach that predicts material behavior using the laws of physics rather than experimental data.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 June 2026
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The late night host whipped out a photo for her reference.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
12 Dec. 2025
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The terrifying European monster carries a whipping stick instead of toys, and yet people seem to like him.—
Brittney Melton,
NPR,
10 Dec. 2025
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An internal investigation by the company — just a single page buried in thousands of pages of state records — shows at least one toxic chemical spill has already occurred in the plant.—
Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
21 Aug. 2025
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She had been buried in dirt and covered by brush, according to the prosecutor's arraignment statements.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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Near the 90th Street-Elmhurst station, dozens stand in the shade trading Panini stickers of World Cup players to paste in collectible booklets.—
Jasmine Garsd,
NPR,
11 June 2026
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One study found that 77% of employees paste data into generative AI tools, with 82% of that activity running through personal accounts nobody is managing.—
Gordon Ritter,
Fortune,
11 June 2026
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After all, if there’s more than one way to skin a cat, there are probably more than a few paths to bringing back nuclear power.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
19 Nov. 2025
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Behind the tip is a convex curve that maximizes the contact between the cutting edge with meat and skin, making skinning and butchering relatively easy.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Shellac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shellac. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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