as in taffy
excessive praise
a junior exec who was laying on the butter so thickly that her colleagues were ready to gag
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Recent Examples of butter
Shea butter steps in to soothe your skin after buffing, while the lavender scent transforms your shower into a relaxing aromatherapeutic moment.
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 25 Aug. 2025
Al Basha launched Chocolate Bash in 2015 in Newport Beach, serving waffles and crepes topped with chocolate, cookie butter or pistachio spreads.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2025
Because the base is cream cheese, the dough is much whiter than butter mint dough—and great for weddings.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Piled high into a thick, split-top bun, the tender chunks of lobster meat are mixed with a just-right amount of mayo (or with warm butter, if that’s your preference) and served with potato chips.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
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Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 25 Aug. 2025
Al Basha launched Chocolate Bash in 2015 in Newport Beach, serving waffles and crepes topped with chocolate, cookie butter or pistachio spreads.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 25 Aug. 2025
Because the base is cream cheese, the dough is much whiter than butter mint dough—and great for weddings.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 24 Aug. 2025
Piled high into a thick, split-top bun, the tender chunks of lobster meat are mixed with a just-right amount of mayo (or with warm butter, if that’s your preference) and served with potato chips.
—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butter
Noun
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The Korean taffy candy is considered good luck, specifically for the CSAT.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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Volunteers in yellow shirts handed out grapes, watermelon, taffy and Gatorade to community members, and white candles to be lit.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
Noun
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In aggregate, users favored responses full of agreement and flattery.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Aug. 2025
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So what could these CEOs do, instead of flattery and humiliation?—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Interestingly, even Stricker’s admirers rarely express unreserved praise for her work.—
Moritz Scheper,
Artforum,
1 Sep. 2025
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Alexander-Arnold has experience at the elite level: successes and failures, praise and criticism, good form and days when nothing went right, health and injuries.—
Mario Cortegana,
New York Times,
1 Sep. 2025
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People should wash any skin that comes into contact with the slurry with water and soft soap, before using a hand cream to avoid dryness and cracking.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
2 Sep. 2024
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Most of the questions aimed at the ironic American director of Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas were less softballs than soft soap, with reporters as interested in Scorsese’s favorite food — his mother’s lasagna recipe — as the movies in his peerless filmography.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2024
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To keep indoor air clean during periods of poor air quality, locals were also advised to keep windows and doors shut, run air conditioners or purifiers, and to avoid additional pollution sources such as fireplaces, candles, and incense.—
Joe Edwards,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Aug. 2025
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As part of the celebration, a 220-foot-tall dragon is constructed out of 12,000 sticks of incense.—
Taylor McIntyre,
Travel + Leisure,
22 June 2025
Noun
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The odds are that such sweet talk is going to inevitably run out or at least be intermittent.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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From there, according to the report, the sweet talk quickly moves to messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Google Chat or Telegram.—
Sunny Nagpaul,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2024
Noun
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The material is soft, lightweight, and can easily be layered under flannels, cardigans, or sheer blouses.—
Rylee Johnston,
People.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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More scenes played out in her mind: of flannel shirts, whiskey, the sting of a syringe in her arm and her dad's hands as well as the faces of dozens and dozens and dozens of men.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Basking as world champions, all that pent up heartbreak and agony now exploded into pure adulation.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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Advertisement Some analysts have even suggested that Hun Sen has been enlisted by Thailand’s elites to finally topple the Shinawatra family, which remains reviled by royalists for its populist adulation amongst rural voters.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
25 July 2025
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“Butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butter. Accessed 4 Sep. 2025.
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