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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
This despite the fact that Kraft and a super PAC backing him have blanketed the airwaves with millions of dollars of TV ads boosting Kraft’s visibility and attacking Wu.
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Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The collapse left her living room blanketed in drywall pieces and insulation bits and damaged some of her possessions.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
But Richter was sure that more would join once the water blanketed the field.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Its game plan apparently included being very physical with Felix, who caught five passes for 74 yards despite being blanketed and harassed by cornerback Jaxon Simmons all night.
—Steve Dulas, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
The incredible landscape is blanketed by deciduous forests, which are burnished with color in autumn.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Frost is, by reputation, perhaps the foremost poet of rural, non-coastal New England — of birches and apple trees, of forests blanketed in snow, of pastures sliced by ragged stone walls, and of the flinty, self-sufficient kind of temperament that flourishes in those places.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Some notable examples include the 2018 Camp Fire in California and the 2023 record-breaking Canadian wildfires, which generated widespread smoke that blanketed large parts of Canada and the eastern United States, and even reached Europe.
—Seyd Teymoor Seydi, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
Whole rural provinces are blanketed in rooftop solar, with one province matching the entirety of India’s electricity supply.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 6 Sep. 2025
The collapse left her living room blanketed in drywall pieces and insulation bits and damaged some of her possessions.
—Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
But Richter was sure that more would join once the water blanketed the field.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Its game plan apparently included being very physical with Felix, who caught five passes for 74 yards despite being blanketed and harassed by cornerback Jaxon Simmons all night.
—Steve Dulas, Oc Register, 30 Aug. 2025
The incredible landscape is blanketed by deciduous forests, which are burnished with color in autumn.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2025
Frost is, by reputation, perhaps the foremost poet of rural, non-coastal New England — of birches and apple trees, of forests blanketed in snow, of pastures sliced by ragged stone walls, and of the flinty, self-sufficient kind of temperament that flourishes in those places.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Some notable examples include the 2018 Camp Fire in California and the 2023 record-breaking Canadian wildfires, which generated widespread smoke that blanketed large parts of Canada and the eastern United States, and even reached Europe.
—Seyd Teymoor Seydi, The Conversation, 21 Aug. 2025
Whole rural provinces are blanketed in rooftop solar, with one province matching the entirety of India’s electricity supply.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanketed
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Some people take all the components off the frame, strip off all the decals, then get the whole thing sanded and powder-coated with a fresh coat of paint.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Sep. 2025
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Use in anti-counterfeiting measures In this new study, researchers placed a liquid crystal solution between two pieces of glass coated with dye molecules.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Sep. 2025
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Rather than sharing information about the change with the FAA, Boeing concealed the information and deceived the FAA about the part.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Sep. 2025
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The elaborate deception also was concealed by blaming the chaos of the pandemic as well as the Hollywood labor strikes, which roiled real production cycles during this period.—
Gary Baum,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2025
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Debris from one Russian drone fell on the territory of the Ilsky Oil Refinery in the Krasnodar region, local officials said, causing a fire at one of the technological installations which was quickly extinguished with no casualties.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
7 Sep. 2025
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Henry County Fire/EMS then extinguished the house fire, officials said.—
Mark Price,
Miami Herald,
4 Sep. 2025
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All four sides of the building are covered by a pattern of interlocking trapezoidal pieces that serve as a sunscreen, cooling the interior.—
Vinod Sreeharsha,
Miami Herald,
6 Sep. 2025
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Madsen later had an 11-yard TD run to counter the Eagles’ lone first-half scoring drive, which covered 72 yards in 10 plays.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
6 Sep. 2025
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From New Zealand, up to 73% of the sun will be obscured at sunrise.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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In those interviews, the faces of victims were obscured to protect their identities.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Defenders shot down or suppressed 112 drones, the air force said.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
8 Sep. 2025
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Until the 1960s, members of this Indigenous minority were discouraged from reindeer herding, and the church and state suppressed their language and culture.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
7 Sep. 2025
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