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Recent Examples of baste At this stage in the bespoke process, the basting thread disfigured the jacket, dividing it into quadrants, and the buttons were nothing but stickers. Gary Shteyngart, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2025 Slice them lengthwise, baste them with a bit of olive oil, season, and grill them. Nancy Lebrun, Verywell Health, 21 Jan. 2025 Bake in preheated oven until a thermometer inserted into thickest portion of chicken registers 175°F and honey mixture thickens, 14 to 16 minutes, stirring and basting chicken with honey mixture halfway through bake time. Craig Ruff, Southern Living, 20 Jan. 2025 Uncover, turn the heat to medium-high, and cook, basting the cauliflower occasionally with the sauce, until the cauliflower is tender and the sauce has thickened and reduced to about 3/4 cup, 8 to 10 minutes. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, The Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for baste
Recent Examples of Synonyms for baste
Verb
  • The White House was reprimanded: A federal judge scolded the Trump administration for failing to try to return the man.
    Cate Martel, The Hill, 16 Apr. 2025
  • In Congress, Trump’s Tariff Pullback Sparks Relief, Frustration, and Suspicion At the White House, press secretary Karoline Leavitt scolded reporters for not understanding the president’s plans.
    Time, Time, 10 Apr. 2025
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  • The race is being widely viewed as a must-win for Democrats who at the national level are still licking their 2024 election wounds, as well as a potential referendum on Trump and Musk.
    Savannah Kuchar, USA Today, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Cora appears to enjoy the routine and happily lets the cat lick at the tufts of blonde hair on her head.
    Kelli Bender, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Quilting group hosts lecture, workshop El Camino Quilt Guild meets at 9:30 a.m. April 8 at El Corazon Senior Center, 3302 Senior Center Drive.
    Linda Mcintosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Apr. 2025
  • But the club’s members didn’t lecture or advocate until 20 years after its 1876 founding.
    Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 9 Mar. 2025
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  • The titles of 12 such books — some of which may have been published before 2025 — are hidden below within an unrelated text passage.
    J. D. Biersdorfer, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Read Next World Palace gardens hid 900-year-old ruins of bathhouse in Spain — until now.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Mickey Rourke was reprimanded on Celebrity Big Brother UK after using a homophobic slur toward fellow housemate JoJo Siwa.
    Armando Tinoco, Deadline, 9 Apr. 2025
  • The mom comes back and then reprimanded me for not supporting her baby’s head.
    Virginia Chamlee, People.com, 25 Feb. 2025
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  • Verdugo lashed hard line drives in his first two at-bats with the Braves, off Twins pitcher Chris Paddack.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
  • A day after his remarks, the president lashed out against the Fed chair.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The end of the parole program is part of Trump’s crackdown on legal immigration paths that allow people to temporarily come to the U.S. Republicans also criticized the parole program as an overreach and abuse of executive presidential power.
    Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
  • However, the commission's case, which was first filed in 2020, criticized Zuckerberg's media company of accumulating rivals as a way of preventing any competition in the social media industry.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Take it from us and whip out this gem for special occasions versus everyday wear, as Gucci recommends shielding it from direct light, heat, and rain.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 10 Apr. 2025
  • In the early hours of April 21, 1775, gale-force winds whipped across the town square, driving the shivering sentries from their posts to the shelter of their beds.
    Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 Apr. 2025

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“Baste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/baste. Accessed 25 Apr. 2025.

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