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Recent Examples of joe
Get The Recipe 09 of 42 Sloppy Joe Casserole With Dinner Rolls
Sloppy joes get revamped into a tasty, straight-from-the-oven meal.
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024
We may be stuck in gloomy, grimy post-Brexit London, surrounded by corporatized institutions more dangerous than terrorist networks, but there are still MI5 joes to root for who get out of scrapes and gun battles and somehow save the day.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
Check out their favorite projects, mastered with the help of YouTube, and see how two average joes made this redo not only doable but done.
Project 1: Refreshing the Exterior
The first renovation on the list: a fresh coat of paint.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
Athletes project regular-joe public images while living amid yacht-and-helicopter splendor.
—New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024
We may be stuck in gloomy, grimy post-Brexit London, surrounded by corporatized institutions more dangerous than terrorist networks, but there are still MI5 joes to root for who get out of scrapes and gun battles and somehow save the day.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
Check out their favorite projects, mastered with the help of YouTube, and see how two average joes made this redo not only doable but done.
Project 1: Refreshing the Exterior
The first renovation on the list: a fresh coat of paint.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
Athletes project regular-joe public images while living amid yacht-and-helicopter splendor.
—New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joe
Noun
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The bold scent blends cannabis, leather, and patchouli to bring a sophisticated, yet earthy vibe any guy would want for his bachelor pad.—
Audrey Lee,
Architectural Digest,
8 Oct. 2025
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And most boys — 69% — also regularly see content promoting gender roles in problematic ways, such as posts suggesting girls prefer to date a particular kind of guy or use their looks to achieve their goals, according to the survey.—
Kara Alaimo,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Police described Taylor as a Black male who is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds.—
Erik S. Hanley,
jsonline.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Upon arrival, an officer made contact with the woman and the male, identified as Sligh, on the sidewalk in the 400 block of Morrison.—
Steven Mross,
Arkansas Online,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Other interior highlights include a high-tech cinema, a cigar and billiards lounge, a wine cellar, a gentleman’s lounge, a tea room, and a spa with a hammam, ice room, and sauna.—
Rachel Cormack,
Robb Report,
8 Oct. 2025
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As a rule, royal governors were gentlemen, if not always gentlemen with experience.—
Stacy Schiff,
The Atlantic,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But in his extended scene with Leto’s Ares, the two cool dudes groove on each other’s mystique, leaving Flynn tickled to witness his prediction of an AI-human interface coming to pass.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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The hardest dude on the street was blown away by De La Soul because their expression gave us multiple colors through music.—
Andre Gee,
Rolling Stone,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Joe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joe. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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