as in taffy
excessive praise
a junior exec who was laying on the butter so thickly that her colleagues were ready to gag
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Recent Examples of butter
What is happening with store prices for milk, butter and cheese?
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Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Jan. 2026
The choice between a brown butter cake or a dulce de leche cake rounds out the Octopus Baja menu.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
The rest of the slideshow included four (clothed) mirror selfies and a close-up shot of a butter yellow sink.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
The blackout and butter yellow plates were approved in the state budget this summer.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 9 Jan. 2026
The choice between a brown butter cake or a dulce de leche cake rounds out the Octopus Baja menu.
—Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
The rest of the slideshow included four (clothed) mirror selfies and a close-up shot of a butter yellow sink.
—Emma Banks, InStyle, 9 Jan. 2026
The blackout and butter yellow plates were approved in the state budget this summer.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 9 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butter
Noun
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So, go ahead, give a pound of peanut-butter fudge from Chatham Candy Manor ($20), or two pounds of Shriver’s taffy ($30), or a tin of Peppermint Divinity from the Vermont Country Store ($17), or a tub of Dubble Bubble ($19).—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
10 Dec. 2025
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The staff had piled a toy train high with Modjeskas and stuffed a sleigh with chocolate suckers and egg nog taffy.—
Maggie Menderski,
Louisville Courier Journal,
9 Dec. 2025
Noun
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To date, your leaders have handled Trump with a mixture of flattery and deference.—
Amanda Sloat,
Time,
2 Jan. 2026
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On Wall Street, speculation is often the sincerest form of flattery.—
Dade Hayes,
Deadline,
31 Dec. 2025
Noun
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One that is more spiritually rewarding than praise or criticism in scouting reports.—
Mirin Fader,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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Here in the United States, the writer and filmmaker Mike Judge has garnered praise over the course of his career for getting laughs out of broken systems and absurd ignorance in American culture.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Practical self-care items such as thick lotions, face masks and soft soaps that don’t irritate skin. Pragmatic.—
Ellen T. Meiser,
The Conversation,
5 Dec. 2025
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People should wash any skin that comes into contact with the slurry with water and soft soap, before using a hand cream to avoid dryness and cracking.—
Lauren Penington,
The Denver Post,
2 Sep. 2024
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The space doubles as a concept store specializing in everything Japandi (a blend of Scandinavian functionality and Japanese minimalism), such as incense from Japan’s Awaji Island and chrome desktop tchotchkes.—
Chris Schalkx,
Condé Nast Traveler,
7 Jan. 2026
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On Tuesday, those supporters greeted her with long hugs, tears, chants, incense and a brass horn.—
Seth Klamann,
Denver Post,
23 Dec. 2025
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Don’t fall for compliments that don’t feel genuine, and don’t be afraid to confront whatever’s beneath someone’s sweet talk.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
23 Sep. 2025
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The odds are that such sweet talk is going to inevitably run out or at least be intermittent.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Made with plush ingredients like fleece, flannel, or cotton, electric blankets are just like regular throws but with wires woven into the fabric that generate heat.—
Nicol Natale,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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None of the agents immediately go to the Honda to render aid; a minute after the crash the pedestrian in the flannel shirt is seen in the video leaning alone into the open driver’s side door.—
Claire Galofaro,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2026
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Andrew has always wanted more adulation for his two daughters.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
30 Oct. 2025
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The announcement came after a day of adulation for the visiting American president from his hosts.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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“Butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butter. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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