1
as in glue
a substance used to stick things together
what kind of cement works best on glass and pottery?
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2
as in bond
a uniting or binding force or influence
she is the cement that holds that often quarrelsome group together
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as in to weld
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Recent Examples of cement
Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Authenticity cements trust, fuels collaboration and nurtures growth.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Steff Yotka, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
Liverpool’s 5-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur cemented them as the league champions and wins for Newcastle United and Chelsea meant the fight for Champions League football heats up even more.
—Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Images of the aftermath showed the hospital’s caved-in cement roof, surrounded by debris.
—Samy Magdy, Chicago Tribune, 13 Apr. 2025
Authenticity cements trust, fuels collaboration and nurtures growth.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
Those dalliances cemented her abiding love of tweed, sailor stripes, cashmere knits, and—thanks to the indulgent Duke—gigantic love jewels, worn in rule-breaking multiples.
—Steff Yotka, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
Liverpool’s 5-1 win over Tottenham Hotspur cemented them as the league champions and wins for Newcastle United and Chelsea meant the fight for Champions League football heats up even more.
—Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cement
Noun
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Plastered firmly onto my soul and sealed by the kind of glue that holds entire generations together.—
Lauren Vuong,
Mercury News,
19 Apr. 2025
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At the Pink Pony Club, everyone will be apportioned one pair of bright-white plastic buck teeth and a tube of super glue.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
16 Apr. 2025
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Other financial firms, such as broker-dealers, earn commissions from selling stocks, bonds, or mutual funds and need only provide suitable advice.—
Rachel Barber,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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His request to keep Morales’ bond at $5 million was denied when Murphy acquiesced a request made by Supervisory Assistant State’s Attorney Howard S. Stein to raise bail by $2.5 million now that Morales no longer has the presumption of innocence.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
22 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Each grill is welded and finished by hand, built not just to impress but to perform—with control, versatility, and raw power that reshape the way people cook.—
Robb Report Studio,
Robb Report,
15 Apr. 2025
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The trucks are totally unarmored except for the anti-drone cages some Russian troops weld onto them.—
David Axe,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Ars Video Rocketbook claims that the adhesive on its sticky notes is so strong that they can be stuck and re-stuck hundreds of times.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
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Art Fry thought of using the adhesive as a way to temporarily anchor something — in his case, a bookmark, to a piece of paper or page in a book.—
Angela Andaloro,
People.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Orange 1 and 2: Banned in 1956 and 1960 for potential links to organ damage.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
24 Apr. 2025
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However, Russia has circumvented a $60 price cap on a barrel of seaborne crude with a shadow fleet of vessels whose ownership is reorganized to hide links to Moscow.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
Verb
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To save even more, consider mixing materials—for example, combining wood posts with metal balusters.—
Abid Haque,
Architectural Digest,
23 Apr. 2025
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Something their protagonists have in common with great fictional detectives is an unorthodox set of personal habits, combined with an idiosyncratically skewed moral compass.—
Talya Zax,
The Atlantic,
23 Apr. 2025
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Tires cording after only 50 laps is untenable, effectively forcing drivers to throttle back and run tight against the bottom, further limiting passing.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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This corded immersion blender sports a substantially more powerful 625 watts, a four-pronged blade, and five variable speed settings.—
Adam Campbell-Schmitt,
Bon Appétit,
20 Mar. 2025
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Within days of getting the grants, Secure Florida’s Future transferred $3.75 million and Save Our Society from Drugs wired $4.75 million to Keep Florida Clean, the political action committing fighting the proposal to legalize marijuana.—
Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 Apr. 2025
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Autism is a difference in neurodevelopment affecting how the brain wires itself throughout infancy and childhood.—
Alison Escalante,
Forbes.com,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Cement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cement. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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