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
To the same nonstick skillet over medium heat, add the butter and swirl to coat.
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Jeremiah Langhorne, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
Every detail feels rich here, from the butter illustrations to the quality of the paper itself.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
At Pasta Masters, Poli has opted to serve a sweet corn agnolotti, complete with chanterelle mushrooms, dashi butter, thyme, and French Perigord truffles.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
Notably, our analysis found that most dietary PFAS risk comes from butter, olive oil and shrimp.
—Jiameng Zheng, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
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Jeremiah Langhorne, Saveur, 4 Sep. 2025
Every detail feels rich here, from the butter illustrations to the quality of the paper itself.
—Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025
At Pasta Masters, Poli has opted to serve a sweet corn agnolotti, complete with chanterelle mushrooms, dashi butter, thyme, and French Perigord truffles.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 4 Sep. 2025
Notably, our analysis found that most dietary PFAS risk comes from butter, olive oil and shrimp.
—Jiameng Zheng, The Conversation, 4 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for butter
Noun
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The Korean taffy candy is considered good luck, specifically for the CSAT.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
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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
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And when the offer comes, don’t rely on flattery.—
Lien De Pau,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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In aggregate, users favored responses full of agreement and flattery.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Aug. 2025
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The program aims to demonstrate the breadth and depth of their art form — with pieces spanning the classical, folkloric, contemporary and flamenco styles — and the company’s half-century of output, earning them apt praise both here and abroad.—
Lauren Warnecke,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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She’s brought in outside consultants to help the finance office fix its inefficient accounting systems, drawing praise from state officials.—
Rory Linnane,
jsonline.com,
3 Sep. 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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No candles, no incense, no crystal balls.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Stone stupas rise from the earth like ancient lungs, exhaling centuries of incense across Mrauk U’s windswept plains.—
Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 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
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From there, according to the report, the sweet talk quickly moves to messaging platforms like WhatsApp, Google Chat or Telegram.—
Sunny Nagpaul,
Fortune,
23 Apr. 2024
Noun
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Fall is fast approaching, the season of pumpkin spice lattés, flannel shirts and of dozens of TV premieres.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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The same red flannel was often featured in caricatures of Mammy.—
Danielle Amir Jackson,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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Following the premiere screening, Elordi, his director, and castmates Oscar Isaac and Mia Goth bask in the adulation of the crowd, and the Euphoria star wipes tears from his eyes, as video captured by The Hollywood Reporter shows.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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Park’s latest, No Other Choice, has been one of the first big standout titles at this year’s Venice Film Festival, premiering to near-universal adulation.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
31 Aug. 2025
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“Butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butter. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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