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
Foods like tomato sauce, wine, berries, coffee, and even butter can discolor them if they’re left to sit too long.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
To make the filling, in a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Opponents also say that many chefs rely on the nonstick pans, and that extra butter and oil used for carbon-steel and cast-iron pans will have more of a health impact than PFAS.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Your order: escargots with confit garlic, brown butter, and panko, followed by magret de canard with Saladaise potatoes fried in duck fat and sweet-and-sour apricot sauce.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
To make the filling, in a medium bowl, cream together the cream cheese and butter.
—Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Opponents also say that many chefs rely on the nonstick pans, and that extra butter and oil used for carbon-steel and cast-iron pans will have more of a health impact than PFAS.
—Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 13 Oct. 2025
Your order: escargots with confit garlic, brown butter, and panko, followed by magret de canard with Saladaise potatoes fried in duck fat and sweet-and-sour apricot sauce.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 10 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butter
Noun
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The store has all the classics like Pez, taffy and every flavor of Jelly Belly imaginable.—
Paige Moore,
AZCentral.com,
20 Oct. 2025
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The Korean taffy candy is considered good luck, specifically for the CSAT.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Imitation is the greatest form of flattery.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
21 Oct. 2025
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Similar veiled olive branches have been extended to Russian President Vladimir Putin—but only after months of flattery and praise strangely directed at Putin by his American counterpart.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Of his first impressions of his future wife, Plemons had nothing but praise.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Orange juice often gets praise for its immune-supporting vitamin C content.—
Abby Norman,
Verywell Health,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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Most of the questions aimed at the ironic American director of Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and Goodfellas were less softballs than soft soap, with reporters as interested in Scorsese’s favorite food — his mother’s lasagna recipe — as the movies in his peerless filmography.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2024
Noun
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Light incense and whisper the names of those who came before you.—
Lisa Stardust,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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The scent opens with an intense blast of pink and black pepper paired with incense notes that are honestly quite sharp.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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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Eddie Bauer Eddie Bauer’s Friends and Family Sale means 40% off everything, even the good stuff like outerwear and flannels.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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In 2022, Chyna shared a photo of Dream riding on King’s back while wearing matching blue flannel shirts.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Most of the adulation has been directed toward Bonitto, who is an early-season favorite to win defensive player of the year and leads the NFL in both sacks (eight) and pressures (34, according to Next Gen Stats).—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
15 Oct. 2025
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Putin was portrayed as an unsightly troll, who, by an act of magic—a spell cast by the puppet version of Boris Berezovsky, the magnate who helped engineer his rise to the Presidency—comes to appear beautiful and virtuous, the subject of great adulation and deference.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butter. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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