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adjective

blanket

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verb

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of blanket
Noun
In 2010, after the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional the popular blanket primary system, Californians voted to replace the deeply unpopular closed primary that replaced it with a top-two system. Jeremy Gruber, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025 And everyone went home, or at least back to North Carolina, with free clothes, toys, blankets, toiletries and other supplies. The Tennessean, 7 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Add in those warm layers with this pretty blanket scarf that can be wrapped in a bunch of different ways. Taylor Gumm, Rolling Stone, 22 Jan. 2024
Verb
Later in June, much of the Midwest was blanketed by a dangerous haze of air pollution. Vox Staff, Vox, 22 Jan. 2025 New Orleans metro needs another day to thaw out after a once-in-a-lifetime snowstorm blanketed the area in 10 inches of snow. Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 22 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for blanket 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanket
Noun
  • The frantic search for survivors started under the cloak of icy darkness.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 2 Feb. 2025
  • For the late-night show performance, the musician stripped the color from the video feed and showcased the dynamic track in black and white while wearing a hood cloak and glowing eyeglasses.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Detroit Tigers second baseman Gleyber Torres expressed surprise after New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman brought up how Torres wasn’t open to moving to third base last season.
    Brendan Kuty, The Athletic, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Last season, Jets owner Woody Johnson fired both coach Robert Saleh and general manager Joe Douglas amidst a disappointing 5-12 season.
    Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • When all of the shrimp are coated, place the baking sheet into the fridge and let the shrimp chill for 15 minutes.
    Katie Workman, Twin Cities, 3 Feb. 2025
  • In some cases, products that have plastic enclosures coated with flame retardants may be able to achieve similar fire ratings by replacing the plastic with less flammable metal.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Peeking above aquamarine waves that hide the world's second-largest barrier reef, Belize's Ambergris Caye first emerged as a destination for the daring.
    Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 2 Feb. 2025
  • There are conspiracy theorists who think that because the files haven’t been released yet, the government is hiding some evidence of larger conspiracies to kill these figures.
    Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 31 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The Houston Fire Department, which was among the agencies to respond to the scene, later said the fire shown in videos on social media was already extinguished by the time firefighters arrived.
    Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 3 Feb. 2025
  • Kane said 40 firefighters responded to the emergency, and the fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes.
    Rafael Olmeda, Sun Sentinel, 2 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The sun, for all its glitz, tends to hide behind a veil of mystery.
    Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Favoring minimal-to-no jewelry pieces, Anderson accessorized with a thick black headband attached to a black birdcage veil.
    Julia Teti, WWD, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The company said the decline was primarily due to lower pricing in the U.S., supply constraints in China and ongoing competition from cheaper generic drugs in international markets.
    Annika Kim Constantino, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
  • About half of generic drugs people take in the U.S. — including cancer drugs, antibiotics and blood thinners — are made entirely overseas, where manufacturing is cheaper, said Dr. Aaron Kesselheim, a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School whose research focuses on prescription drugs.
    Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 4 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • These go to the universities and research institutes, covering the costs of providing and maintaining the lab space, heat and electricity, administrative and HR functions, and more.
    John Timmer, Ars Technica, 8 Feb. 2025
  • Perhaps a white sheet covered with lumps of reddish-brown rocks.
    Helen Gordon, WIRED, 8 Feb. 2025

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“Blanket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanket. Accessed 13 Feb. 2025.

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