as in covering
to form a layer over
thicken the sauce until it will coat the back of a spoon
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Recent Examples of coating
Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
The wafer-thin coating of clay remained long after the underlying tissues decayed completely, retaining their detailed morphology and forming a perfect clay mask.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Floodwaters there also left a black, oily residue believed to have come from nearby oil and gas installations, coating trees and rooftops.
—CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The facility integrates material design, electrode coating, laser cutting, stacking and performance testing at one site.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025
The wafer-thin coating of clay remained long after the underlying tissues decayed completely, retaining their detailed morphology and forming a perfect clay mask.
—Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Our diamonds are a polycrystalline coating no more than a couple of micrometers thick.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Oct. 2025
Floodwaters there also left a black, oily residue believed to have come from nearby oil and gas installations, coating trees and rooftops.
—CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coating
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Social impact marketing agency Picture Motion launched the initiative with backing from Pop Culture Collaborative, a philanthropic fund that resources storytellers working to transform narratives around people of color, immigrants, refugees, Muslims, and Indigenous peoples.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
10 Nov. 2025
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In their decades of power, the Assads aligned Damascus firmly with Moscow, relying on aid, arms and unwavering diplomatic backing.—
Mostafa Salem,
CNN Money,
10 Nov. 2025
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Emma Burleigh is a reporter at Fortune, covering success, careers, entrepreneurship, and personal finance.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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Bedford said during the news conference that air traffic controllers continuing to work during the shutdown are covering longer hours and more days.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
9 Nov. 2025
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Largest surf focused across northwest facing beaches.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Place the plant in a sunny window, south-facing if possible, and give it four to six hours of sunlight each day.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
2 Nov. 2025
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The skies opened into sheeting rain as the minister gave his greeting; this was followed by thunder and an explosion of lightning.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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These four fall favorites both taste great and protect your smile long after that last candy wrapper is gone.—
Khloe Quill,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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And the littlest ones loved the bright-yellow wrapper on the peanut M&M’s.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
30 Oct. 2025
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At Tesla’s annual meeting on Thursday, shareholders voted in favor of giving CEO Musk a gargantuan, record-shattering pay package that could give him stock worth $1 trillion after several years.—
Geoff Colvin,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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With only forty units produced, the Divo appeals to enthusiasts who want extreme performance in a highly exclusive package.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Nov. 2025
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Days earlier, a blizzard hit the country, blanketing it in snow.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
6 Nov. 2025
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Hirschhorn wrote that Beijing’s surveillance abilities were nothing compared to the half-million surveillance cameras blanketing London.—
Byron Tau,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
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The play begins not with a battlefield, but with an envelope.—
Miguel Sirgado,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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And the grand entrance is a red envelope, which visitors will walk through to get to a grand atrium overflowing with characters and visuals from Netflix’s vast library.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Coating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coating. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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