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
Wrapping Items Wax paper is a great wrapper for sandwiches, sticks of butter, or wedges of cheese.
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
Skip the butter and fruit preserves and give your morning toast or English muffin a swipe of Ube Halaya.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
Thirty seconds later, as soon as the butter is frothy, it’s done.
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Pour butter over radishes, then drizzle with lemon juice.
—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2025
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Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 18 Apr. 2025
Skip the butter and fruit preserves and give your morning toast or English muffin a swipe of Ube Halaya.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 Apr. 2025
Thirty seconds later, as soon as the butter is frothy, it’s done.
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 16 Apr. 2025
Pour butter over radishes, then drizzle with lemon juice.
—Kelly Brant, Arkansas Online, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butter
Noun
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Someone is then shot with a harpoon, only to have their guts pulled like taffy from the wound.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2025
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Boucher was on the hunt for Abba-Zaba, a chewy taffy bar with a real peanut butter center.—
Jessica Ma,
Sacramento Bee,
20 July 2024
Noun
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The imitation Punisher logo on Cole’s bullet was no act of flattery, but the most vile of insults.—
Proma Khosla,
IndieWire,
16 Apr. 2025
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Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but not for Bobby Brown.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Hundreds of shoppers have added it to their carts in the past month alone, and it’s earned high praise from users who call out its comfortable, sturdy, and easy-to-assemble design in their reviews.—
Averi Baudler,
People.com,
2 May 2025
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Other rival evaluators heaped similar praise on the 19-year-old Lombard, the Yankees’ top prospect who has had a hot start at High-A Hudson Valley and could be in the major-league starting infield by next season.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
2 May 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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Poor indoor air practices during this period, like using candles or incense, can worsen already unhealthy conditions indoors.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Cardinal Kevin Farrell, who is running the Vatican until a new pope is elected, led the procession to the altar, with clouds of incense and the choir chanting the Litany of Saints hymn.—
Colleen Barry and Nicole Winfield,
Los Angeles Times,
23 Apr. 2025
Noun
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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
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Just in case that gave Reba a leg up, don't let her sweet talk you.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
28 Feb. 2024
Noun
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Hurley wore a blue-and-white plaid flannel shirt, jeans and a straw hat.—
Charlotte Phillipp,
People.com,
20 Apr. 2025
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The brand is no stranger to trompe l’oeil, remember the leather jeans and flannel shirts from SS23?—
Madeline Fass,
Vogue,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The novel is a cautionary tale about populist leaders who are incapable of separating their need for adulation from the needs of their constituents.—
Ilan Stavans,
The Atlantic,
15 Apr. 2025
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There is even more adulation from Twiggy’s peers, friends and admirers from across the generations, ranging from Joanna Lumley and Zandra Rhodes to Brooke Shields, Sienna Miller, Stella McCartney, Erin O’Connor and Poppy Delevingne.—
Samantha Conti,
WWD,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butter. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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