as in to smear
to rub an oily or sticky substance over
anoint the wound with antiseptic to prevent infection
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Recent Examples of anoint
More than one described him as carrying the aura of a wunderkind, the kind of figure Silicon Valley has long been eager to anoint.
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
In 2006, Schottenheimer became one of the youngest coordinators in NFL history when Eric Mangini anointed the 32-year-old as the offensive coordinator for the Jets after five seasons as quarterbacks coach for Washington and San Diego under his father, Marty.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
On their weekly podcast with Mike Greenberg, neither Kiper nor Yates was ready to anoint Beck.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Leclerc, then 22, was anointed as the man to end Ferrari’s wait for a drivers’ championship that stretches back to 2007.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
In 2006, Schottenheimer became one of the youngest coordinators in NFL history when Eric Mangini anointed the 32-year-old as the offensive coordinator for the Jets after five seasons as quarterbacks coach for Washington and San Diego under his father, Marty.
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 Oct. 2025
On their weekly podcast with Mike Greenberg, neither Kiper nor Yates was ready to anoint Beck.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
Leclerc, then 22, was anointed as the man to end Ferrari’s wait for a drivers’ championship that stretches back to 2007.
—Luke Smith, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anoint
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Robert returns to his desk only to find that Invisigal had stolen him a donut as a gesture of good faith, which is now smeared all over his keyboard for the new janitor, Water Boy, to clean by vomiting H20 on the mess.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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Supervisor Kate Brophy McGee said the audit was purposefully designed to smear the Sheriff's Office.—
Richard Ruelas,
AZCentral.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Earle-Sears and other Republican candidates have tried to tie the text messages to the assassination of Charlie Kirk, painting Democrats as politically violent.—
Jahd Khalil,
NPR,
2 Nov. 2025
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One photo showed a Waymo vehicle with broken windows and painted with graffiti on Sunset Boulevard.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Your glass tabletops, windows, and mirrors may look worse after cleaning them thanks to the dull film coating their surface.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Nov. 2025
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Dip the apple into the liquid candy and rotate it to coat evenly.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Anoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anoint. Accessed 8 Nov. 2025.
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