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
Ryan Brennan
june 2, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Rogers has also introduced a banana cake with chocolate buttercream and the same crunchy studded coating.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Keith Langston, Space.com, 31 May 2026
The key to coating every piece of pasta in the rich sauce is to layer your mac and cheese in the baking dish.
—Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026
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Noun
To protect the coating, use wooden, plastic or silicone utensils instead of metal.
—Ryan Brennan
june 2, Sacbee.com, 3 June 2026
Rogers has also introduced a banana cake with chocolate buttercream and the same crunchy studded coating.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 3 June 2026
Verb
Visually, the game is pure artwork, with a pastel gloss coating each oceanic biome.
—Keith Langston, Space.com, 31 May 2026
The key to coating every piece of pasta in the rich sauce is to layer your mac and cheese in the baking dish.
—Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coating
Noun
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Highlights of Ulmer’s recording career include Odyssey (1983), for which his backing group worked without a bassist, and the live Part Time (1984).—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
9 June 2026
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For now, Sorsby has the full backing of Texas Tech, and any decision by the Big 12 would likely be made only after extensive legal review.—
Trey Wallace,
FOXNews.com,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Some of the allegations included removing protective plastic guards covering actresses’ vaginas during the filming of intimate scenes, and Franco getting angry when actresses didn’t want to go topless.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Reporters from England said this is a typical setup for the press covering the England men’s national team.—
Pete Grathoff
June 14,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
Noun
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The resulting sound field is large and front-facing, and precise enough to make up for the lack of rear-facing speakers.—
K. Thor Jensen,
PC Magazine,
9 June 2026
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In July, Goldman will bring on approximately the same number of permanent new hires as interns — another 2,500 or so entry-level employees across client-facing, operational, and technology roles.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Both Bestor and architect Tim Barber, who counts Matt Duffer and Ramin Djawadi as clients, employ Densdeck Roof Boards and Densinglas sheeting, a fiberglass-matt gypsum panel considered sustainable because of its durability and recycled content, in their work.—
Abigail Stone,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Apr. 2026
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That weather — sheeting rain and biting cold — hadn’t looked so ideal seven minutes in when Nordi Mukiele slipped.—
Chris Weatherspoon,
New York Times,
1 Dec. 2025
Noun
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In Alt5's case, the company became a wrapper for World Liberty's WLFI tokens.—
Matt Peterson,
CNBC,
9 June 2026
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But the model for the wrapper’s illustration, Elena Gernias, later sued the chocolate company unsuccessfully seeking financial compensation for the use of her image.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Flowers completely cover the needle-like foliage, carpeting the garden in vibrant pink, purple, and violet-red blooms.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
19 May 2026
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During the rainy winter and early spring months, otherworldly photos of the park make the rounds online, showing brilliant yellow, pink, and purple blooms carpeting an otherwise lunar landscape.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Boston Mayor Michelle Wu’s financial chief urged the City Council to stick to an $8-9 million budget amendment package proposed by the Council’s Ways and Means chair, warning that further changes would lead to city layoffs.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
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The package also lacks reforms with bipartisan support, such as requiring officers to wear body cameras.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
9 June 2026
Verb
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The white garment blanketing her round shoulders plunges into a vee in the middle of her chest.—
Nicole Rudick,
The New York Review of Books,
6 June 2026
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Whipping winds can quickly spread the flames, and with the dry brush blanketing hills across South Orange County, minutes matter.—
Laylan Connelly,
Oc Register,
20 May 2026
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“Coating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coating. Accessed 15 Jun. 2026.
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