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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
That unending query coming in the middle of a blizzard that blanketed the East Coast with mountains of snow.
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Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
In Finland, a similar study had students observe both buildings and trees blanketed in snow, but only viewing the trees decreased negative mood states like anxiety.
—Emma Loewe, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
Monday’s snowball fight drew a big crowd to Washington Square Park as a massive storm blanketed the Northeast, causing a chaotic scene as young people chucked snowballs around one of the city’s landmark parks.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
Temperatures will reach the upper 30s and lower 40s this week in New York City and Boston as well, meaning some of the snow that has blanketed the region could begin to melt with some refreezing possible overnight.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Big money hasn’t fully blanketed the airwaves.
—James Ward, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
The Northeast is reeling from extreme snowfall and powerful winds that slammed the region overnight Sunday and throughout the day Monday, prompting blizzard conditions as more than two feet of snow blanketed several states.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
Cornyn has blanketed the airwaves with ads attacking his rivals and promoting himself as a staunch Trump ally and partner on border policy.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
Forecasters are predicting this to be the most powerful winter storm the US has seen in close to a decade, with New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia already blanketed in snow.
—Sophie Prideaux, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026
Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
In Finland, a similar study had students observe both buildings and trees blanketed in snow, but only viewing the trees decreased negative mood states like anxiety.
—Emma Loewe, Outside, 26 Feb. 2026
Monday’s snowball fight drew a big crowd to Washington Square Park as a massive storm blanketed the Northeast, causing a chaotic scene as young people chucked snowballs around one of the city’s landmark parks.
—Anthony Izaguirre, Fortune, 26 Feb. 2026
Temperatures will reach the upper 30s and lower 40s this week in New York City and Boston as well, meaning some of the snow that has blanketed the region could begin to melt with some refreezing possible overnight.
—Kenton Gewecke, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Big money hasn’t fully blanketed the airwaves.
—James Ward, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026
The Northeast is reeling from extreme snowfall and powerful winds that slammed the region overnight Sunday and throughout the day Monday, prompting blizzard conditions as more than two feet of snow blanketed several states.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Feb. 2026
Cornyn has blanketed the airwaves with ads attacking his rivals and promoting himself as a staunch Trump ally and partner on border policy.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 23 Feb. 2026
Forecasters are predicting this to be the most powerful winter storm the US has seen in close to a decade, with New York City, Boston, and Philadelphia already blanketed in snow.
—Sophie Prideaux, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanketed
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But this pork chop, coated in a fruity and smoky guajillo barbecue sauce and pooled with a sweet habanero butter sauce, made up for any feelings of neglect.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
2 Mar. 2026
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Eleven years later, Ajo resident Bill Eltzroth complained to the county and ADEQ that the facility’s operations coated his back porch in thick black dust.—
Sarah Henry,
AZCentral.com,
1 Mar. 2026
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The defendant concealed his scheme by falsely telling Helios’ auditor that Kaleidoscope had been used to pay legitimate MoviePass expenses from the 2018 Coachella festival, evidence shows.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
5 Mar. 2026
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Ali's identity has also been concealed by ABC News for his own safety.—
Desiree Adib,
ABC News,
5 Mar. 2026
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It was eventually extinguished.—
Logan Smith,
CBS News,
1 Mar. 2026
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The East Haven Fire Department extinguished a fire at East Haven’s DePalma’s Apizza late Sunday morning.—
Sean Krofssik,
Hartford Courant,
1 Mar. 2026
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Ed has covered pop music for The Republic since 2007, reviewing festivals and concerts, interviewing legends, covering the local scene and more.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
27 Feb. 2026
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The bread is traditionally made, with dough mixed by hand, then heated by coals from the fire, buried in sand, covered with more coals and left for 30 minutes.—
Henry Haselock,
TheWeek,
27 Feb. 2026
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And the screen is often duly obscured in a whitish haze, some of it moving through the skies above, some of it rising from the Phlegraean Fields, an active eight-mile-wide caldera to the west of Naples.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
27 Feb. 2026
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Water had obscured the depth and impact of the sinkhole.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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Across the country, crackdowns suppressed immigrants' health care visits.—
Kate Wells,
NPR,
5 Mar. 2026
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When other forms of truth are suppressed, the joke must serve instead.—
David Frum,
The Atlantic,
3 Mar. 2026
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