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Recent Examples of butter With average frame rates that fluctuated between the mid-50s to as high as mid-70s, the game took full advantage of the variable refresh rate and felt smooth as butter without much compromise. Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 2 Oct. 2025 Once the butter is melted, stir in the zest and juice of the 2 lemons. Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Oct. 2025 Maple, brown butter, sweet potato and even salted caramel, each having their own respective loyalists. Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025 The indoor pastry shop will be vending baklava and butter cookies. Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for butter
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Noun
  • The Korean taffy candy is considered good luck, specifically for the CSAT.
    Kayti Burt, Time, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Volunteers in yellow shirts handed out grapes, watermelon, taffy and Gatorade to community members, and white candles to be lit.
    Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
Noun
  • Bunnie isn't a fan of the sudden flattery about his looks following the weight loss.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • To build stronger work relationships with a manager, consider using some workplace flattery like complimenting the way your boss conducted a meeting or asking for career advice, Pfeffer said.
    Natalie Wu, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • No Easton Cowan, despite plenty of praise from the coach.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • While speaking on Apple Music’s The Zane Lowe Show on Tuesday, the singer-songwriter talked about processing the mixed reactions to her 12th album, which has received both praise and criticism from critics and fans.
    Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • By the time Melanie Fiona hit the stage at Tower Grove Park, the air was thick with incense, barbecue smoke, and the sound of Black folks exhaling.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 30 Sep. 2025
  • During the ritual, a trio of local men played Balinese instruments as incense floated through the air.
    Kathryn Romeyn, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • October does not typically begin with flannel-and-jeans weather, but Louisville is supposed to be gradually trending in that direction as the month progresses.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 2 Oct. 2025
  • There are hundreds of options, like these soft, supple, yet affordable flannel sheets from Amazon.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • Irwin politely refused to accept Tonioli and Hough's adulations, crediting it all to his partner.
    Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butter. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.

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