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
Plastic faded the blonde color of butter with age and the lettering smeared away, big thumbprint smearing a lilac hollow through the violet plastic of the power button.
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Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
This potent badder lives up to its delicious name, with notes of lemon, vanilla and butter.
—Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Serve with the honey garlic butter on the side—or for more decadence, toss the pieces in a bowl with the butter.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Key Ingredients: Shea butter, squalane, madecassic acid Type: Sleep mask
Size: 2 fl oz.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2025
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Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
This potent badder lives up to its delicious name, with notes of lemon, vanilla and butter.
—Emily Earlenbaugh, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Serve with the honey garlic butter on the side—or for more decadence, toss the pieces in a bowl with the butter.
—Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
Key Ingredients: Shea butter, squalane, madecassic acid Type: Sleep mask
Size: 2 fl oz.
—Deanna Pai, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for butter
Recent Examples of Synonyms for butter
Noun
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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
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Shop for taffy at Zeno’s Boardwalk Sweet Shop, rent a jet-ski from Fly-N-High Waverunners, or book a deep-sea fishing excursion at Hubbard’s Marina.—
Lydia Mansel,
Southern Living,
27 June 2025
Noun
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Its flattery is intended to keep people engaged and coming back for more.—
Russell Shaw,
The Atlantic,
11 July 2025
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Imitation is supposed to be the sincerest form of flattery.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 June 2025
Noun
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Di Gregorio is joined in the cast by Greta Scarano (Suburra), who also won praise for her feature directorial debut La Vita Da Grandi, as the daughter, and Game of Thrones star Tom Wlaschiha, as her cheating husband who walks from Germany to Rome in search of forgiveness.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
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Ahead is the chance to earn more than praise as part of the front five.—
Oliver Thomas,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 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
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The vibe is elevated by the ever-burning incense inside the store.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Inspired by Victoria and David Beckham’s trip to Italy in the early days of dating, the sultry scent melds notes of sea breeze, incense, amber, and vetiver with patchouli and musk.—
Jenny Berg,
Vogue,
28 June 2025
Noun
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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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More scenes played out in her mind: of flannel shirts, whiskey, the sting of a syringe in her arm and her dad's hands as well as the faces of dozens and dozens and dozens of men.—
Danielle Bacher,
People.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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The plaid of his flannel shirt, green and brown and tan.—
Meg Pillow
July 31,
Literary Hub,
31 July 2025
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Advertisement Some analysts have even suggested that Hun Sen has been enlisted by Thailand’s elites to finally topple the Shinawatra family, which remains reviled by royalists for its populist adulation amongst rural voters.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
25 July 2025
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In a documentary released by the PGA Tour chronicling Scheffler’s 2024 season, a host of pros – including two-time major winner Collin Morikawa and Sweden’s Ludvig Åberg – heaped adulation on Scheffler’s patience and focus.—
Max Rego,
CNN Money,
17 July 2025
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“Butter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/butter. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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