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as in coated
to form a layer over
leaves blanketed all of the land around the house
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as in concealed
to keep secret or shut off from view
blanketed the secret memo from the news media
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as in extinguished
to cause to cease burning
firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam
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Recent Examples of blanketed
Businesses and community members snapped into action in the days since the fire and blanketed the family in support.
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Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2026
Winding around vacation condos and second homes, the road to my destination was soon blanketed in darkness when suddenly habitats vanished as the domed venue appeared up ahead like a spaceship plunked down in a vast flat field.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The growing pace of crypto ATM fraud has some policymakers pursuing bans and others asking why the nation is blanketed in these machines in the first place.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
Most years, when storms roll through Southern California during the winter holiday, local mountains transform into a wonderland blanketed in snow.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
But many other cities were blanketed in polluted air that led to respiratory illnesses and millions of early deaths across the nation over the decades.
—James Salzman, The Conversation, 5 Jan. 2026
The fork-tender caveman-size shank is blanketed in sautéed endive and a bright lemon-egg-dill sauce.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
California’s just-in-time Christmas gift — a pair of early-season storms that blanketed the Sierra Nevada — delivered a welcome boost to the state’s snowpack, though water managers Tuesday at Phillips Station found the first survey totals below where the snowpack stood a year ago.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Airports nationwide are played catch up after winter weather blanketed the Midwest over the weekend causing extensive delays and cancellations.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2026
Winding around vacation condos and second homes, the road to my destination was soon blanketed in darkness when suddenly habitats vanished as the domed venue appeared up ahead like a spaceship plunked down in a vast flat field.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 11 Jan. 2026
The growing pace of crypto ATM fraud has some policymakers pursuing bans and others asking why the nation is blanketed in these machines in the first place.
—Kevin Williams, CNBC, 10 Jan. 2026
Most years, when storms roll through Southern California during the winter holiday, local mountains transform into a wonderland blanketed in snow.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
But many other cities were blanketed in polluted air that led to respiratory illnesses and millions of early deaths across the nation over the decades.
—James Salzman, The Conversation, 5 Jan. 2026
The fork-tender caveman-size shank is blanketed in sautéed endive and a bright lemon-egg-dill sauce.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 4 Jan. 2026
California’s just-in-time Christmas gift — a pair of early-season storms that blanketed the Sierra Nevada — delivered a welcome boost to the state’s snowpack, though water managers Tuesday at Phillips Station found the first survey totals below where the snowpack stood a year ago.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Airports nationwide are played catch up after winter weather blanketed the Midwest over the weekend causing extensive delays and cancellations.
—Tara Lynch, CBS News, 29 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanketed
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Within this moment, coated in the sugary haze of professional success, a new home, a beautiful wife, and a growing young family warmed by the comforting glow of Christmas-time, Jackie Robinson has never been more ascendant, more complete, more American.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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Creamy, carmel-y, and coated in chocolate, this one was a crowd-pleaser among our staff.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
21 Jan. 2026
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Have bricks or river rocks concealed out of sight and ready to use as ballasts to hold the cloth in place against winds.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Jan. 2026
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Chanelling Miss Sara Bellum from the Powerpuff Girls, her secretarial deep burgundy ringlets were cut into pouty bangs that almost totally concealed her eyes.—
Essence,
Essence,
21 Jan. 2026
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According to Moore, crews believe the fire had been fully extinguished after follow-up checks found no active flames, even as high winds later reignited embers buried in the root system.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
13 Jan. 2026
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Soon after the fires were extinguished, homeowners started to complain about how insurance companies were responding to the disaster.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
13 Jan. 2026
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Families, providers emphasize importance of consistent therapy At Kaleidoscope Pediatric Therapy in Boise, where Evan receives care, therapists conduct over 400 visits a week, about 70% of which are covered by Medicaid, said co-owner Katie Rowe.—
Becca Savransky,
Idaho Statesman,
23 Jan. 2026
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Suburban reporter Claudia Levens covered the board's decision and lack of public discussion about Botcher's role in the accident.—
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,
jsonline.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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Without radar and lidar sensors, Tesla Robotaxis could miss street signs, lane markings or traffic lights obscured by snow.—
Karoline Leonard,
Austin American Statesman,
23 Jan. 2026
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This is likely a fraction of the actual death toll, which has been obscured by the internet blackout.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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When emotion is suppressed, organizations lose access to these signals.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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As loyalty and conformity often disguised as anticommunism suppressed the fervency for civil rights that punctuated the war years, Du Bois’s conflict increased in intensity for a Black America expecting an improved quality of life in peacetime.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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“Blanketed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanketed. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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