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as in soft
giving easily to the touch
spongy moss covered the ground
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Recent Examples of spongy
What Does Bone Marrow Look Like? Bone marrow is the spongy cellular material within the bone cavities.
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Gagandeep Brar, Verywell Health, 14 Feb. 2025
The ground was covered in a spongy synthetic mat, according to Rocky Merz at the Cincinnati Parks Department.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
While sized more like a cookie, madeleines are small, spongy cakes that can be flavored simply with vanilla or modified to incorporate fruit, coffee, chocolate and more.
—Cece Pascual, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
The grip is spongy and tacky, perfect for those especially sweaty days, and the large sweet spot gives you more confidence to hit power shots or short dinks.
—Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
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Gagandeep Brar, Verywell Health, 14 Feb. 2025
The ground was covered in a spongy synthetic mat, according to Rocky Merz at the Cincinnati Parks Department.
—Jennie Key, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2024
While sized more like a cookie, madeleines are small, spongy cakes that can be flavored simply with vanilla or modified to incorporate fruit, coffee, chocolate and more.
—Cece Pascual, Washington Post, 19 July 2024
The grip is spongy and tacky, perfect for those especially sweaty days, and the large sweet spot gives you more confidence to hit power shots or short dinks.
—Joe Niehaus, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spongy
Adjective
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Some risk factors for babies include sleeping on their side or stomach, sharing a bed with a parent or caregiver, using soft bedding or bumper pads and sleeping on an incline.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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Their romance proceeds in soft focus with a soundtrack of accelerated heartbeats and musical interludes, as well as pretty camera shots of raindrops flashing in the sun.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
9 May 2025
Adjective
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Most disposable diapers are made from the same materials clogging up landfills and oceans: polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), super absorbent polymers (SAP), and PET.—
Tim Clark,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
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Made from silica beads, silica gel litter is lightweight, highly absorbent, and ideal for odor control.—
Nafeesah Allen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In spite of all the blood on his hands, there was an innate magnetism to the character, with his floppy hair and shy smiles.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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This is made worse by his needy eyes and floppy curly hair.—
Jeffrey Seller,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority vowed transparency and, after a squishy answer for the delay of 2023 results, released all racing and training deaths for 2024.—
John Cherwa,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Love them or loathe them, Peeps are the very adorable cockroaches of the candy world—brightly colored, impossibly squishy, and seemingly indestructible.—
Lanee Lee,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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When the ice melts, the land turns incredibly mushy.—
Jim Huylebroek,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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The delicate protein will begin to break down and may turn mushy if the fish soaks too long, especially in a marinade that's acidic, like this one is.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
27 Feb. 2025
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“Spongy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spongy. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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