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chaff

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noun (2)

chaff

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verb

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Recent Examples of chaff
Noun
Visitors can see the operations of the thresher and the simple mechanics used to separate grain from chaff. Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 13 June 2025 These preambles separate the wheat from the chaff in terms of Maron’s fans, though, which is the wheat and which is the chaff in skipping in the intros versus listening to them remains to be seen. Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 2 June 2025 In other words, nearly nine-tenths of all primetime impressions were chaff. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 29 May 2025 In French air force service, the Mirage 2000-5F flies with a combination of a Serval radar warning receiver, a Sabre jammer and an Eclair chaff and flare dispenser. David Axe, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chaff
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chaff
Verb
  • Trump teased this announcement during his Oval Office event Tuesday afternoon.
    Hannah Demissie, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The radio host was set to return to his SiriusXM show this morning, after nearly a month of teasing a big reveal surrounding rumors that his show would be canceled.
    Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • During an appearance on Today With Jenna & Friends, Cummings, 43, candidly joked about her experience with postpartum depression after welcoming her son Henry back in December 2023, sharing that her struggles even inspired the name of her ongoing Big Baby tour.
    Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Well, enough to joke about his age during a recent visit to officially open the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital in Smethwick.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Pat Kelsey wasn't kidding about wanting the smoke.
    Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2025
  • In 2019, Lebanese depositors discovered that their banking system had, in effect, just been kidding about those savings accounts.
    Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Start by roasting the bones at 400ºF for about an hour in the oven or 15-20 minutes in an air fryer.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Each agave plant takes at least seven years to mature and is farmed without pesticides or chemicals before being roasted, fermented, and distilled in copper stills.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • To the American people—don't let this fool you.
    Robert Birsel, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In autonomous vehicles, a single sticker on a stop sign can fool a vision system.
    Sagar Gupta, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Chaff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chaff. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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