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
If Burrow is butter pecan ice cream, then what’s Jake Browning?
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Never fear, there are still plenty of nooks and crannies to hold your butter, maple syrup, fruit, and other toppings.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
For a sweet version, spread nut butter and top with bananas, nuts, and seeds.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Place 4 tablespoons of the butter in a small shallow bowl.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 2025
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Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
Never fear, there are still plenty of nooks and crannies to hold your butter, maple syrup, fruit, and other toppings.
—Robin Miller, AZCentral.com, 25 Sep. 2025
For a sweet version, spread nut butter and top with bananas, nuts, and seeds.
—Merve Ceylan, Health, 25 Sep. 2025
Place 4 tablespoons of the butter in a small shallow bowl.
—Catherine Jessee, Southern Living, 24 Sep. 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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And flattery wasn’t the first thought on her mind when the Bumble founder first learned of Swiped.—
Bailey Richards,
PEOPLE,
22 Sep. 2025
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What one longed to know was what Redford, a smart and reflective soul, made of such honeyed flattery.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The routine earned enthusiastic praise from all three judges.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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As the sweetly melodic ballad tapers, a gentle beat kicks in and Carey vocalizes words of religious praise over a syncopated coda for the last two minutes, her five-octave voice punctuating her patented melismatic style.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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To burn an incense stick, four incense sticks, in fact, each embodying a different element-earth, air, water, fire-going all at once.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Sep. 2025
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Woods weave through saffron, patchouli, cedar, sandalwood, and an incense-like haze, while a touch of papyrus adds an earthy edge.—
Michael Stefanov,
Robb Report,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Don’t fall for compliments that don’t feel genuine, and don’t be afraid to confront whatever’s beneath someone’s sweet talk.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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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
Noun
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That looks like washing your braids with shampoo or using a warm, damp flannel on your scalp to clean any sweat and build-up.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 Sep. 2025
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Corduroy collars and flannel linings provide some welcome contrast, while chest and slip pockets offer that work-jacket feel.—
Kristina Rutkowski,
Glamour,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Irwin politely refused to accept Tonioli and Hough's adulations, crediting it all to his partner.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep. 2025
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Liu, for her part, takes this adulation in stride.—
Brett Berk,
Robb Report,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butter. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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