AIR-DRIED Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

air-dried

verb

past tense of air-dry

as in baked

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Inside the venue, each place setting was adorned in part by one of the nearly 200 cake pops sized, measured and baked by organizing committee member Shaikh, who not only committed the week prior to bake for the ball, but also enjoyed developing a sisterhood with the rest of the organizers.

— Mariana Navarrete Villegas, Hartford Courant, 30 Jan. 2026

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Their defense had surrendered 83 points in consecutive blowout losses to Missouri and South Carolina, and the optimism surrounding new coach Jon Sumrall had evaporated faster than a puddle on a Gainesville sidewalk in August.

— Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Oct. 2026
But this attitude seemed to have evaporated by the end of July.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

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