corrugate

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Recent Examples of corrugate Waddell is even farther west, out past the old citrus groves and Luke Air Force Base, whose fighter jets would intermittently rattle the thin walls and corrugated roofing of my classroom for the next six weeks. Chandler Fritz, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025 Its surface is corrugated to improve air circulation for more even baking. Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2025 Rather than doors built floor to ceiling, they are corrugated plastic sheets. Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2025 The structures look corrugated, almost like cardboard. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for corrugate
Recent Examples of Synonyms for corrugate
Verb
  • For makeup that tends to crease or settle into fine lines, the challenge is finding a powder that sets without collecting where skin naturally folds.
    Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 25 June 2026
  • Finally, whereas many concealers are prone to caking and creasing on my dry skin, Tarte’s buttery formula plumps fine lines instead of settling into crinkly areas.
    Sophie Wirt, InStyle, 17 June 2026
Verb
  • With the wrap in front of you, fold up the edge closest to you.
    Gretchen McKay, Boston Herald, 24 June 2026
  • In Joá, where the land gathers around the great presence of Pedra da Gávea—the mountain whose unmistakable form looms over Rio— before folding toward forest and sea, a level expanse of this scale feels equal parts modernist and surrealist.
    Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
Verb
  • Those figures don’t merely threaten to crimp congressional gains in November.
    Niall Stanage, The Hill, 20 May 2026
  • At its last meeting on May 7, the bank warned that Japan's economic growth was likely to decelerate this year, as the increase in crude oil prices due to the the Middle East crisis is expected to crimp corporate profits and real household incomes.
    Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • To cap it all off, participants will take on what is considered to be one of the world’s most mouth-puckering sour candies, Barnetts Mega Sour.
    Cam'ron Hardy, Chicago Tribune, 20 June 2026
  • Hockey drama Off Campus was renewed for a second season before lovers Hannah (Ella Bright) and Garrett (Belmont Cameli) even puckered up onscreen.
    Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 29 May 2026
Verb
  • Shoppers love that the linen-like fabric doesn't wrinkle the way traditional linen often does, and several petite reviewers said the length works especially well for them.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 24 June 2026
  • My picks include travel-friendly outfits that won’t wrinkle in your suitcase, sets that are polished enough to wear to dinner, and easy errand-running duos that take the stress out of getting dressed in the morning—all starting at just $15.
    Annie Blackman, InStyle, 22 June 2026
Verb
  • Peep those bows on the front, as well as the shirring and pleating throughout.
    Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 22 June 2026
  • For her final day of engagements in the area, Middleton wore a cream pleated Jenny Packham skirt, Blazé Milano pin-stripe blazer and belt, as well as Alicia flats in taupe and black courtesy of designer Camilla Elphick.
    Stefania Saltalamacchia, Vanity Fair, 15 May 2026
Verb
  • By all accounts, DC Studios’ Supergirl crumpled beneath the red sun of paltry box-office returns, taking in just $38 million domestically over its opening weekend.
    Chris Lee, Vulture, 29 June 2026
  • Nothing’s more frustrating than opening your suitcase to find your cutest tops looking like they’ve been crumpled into paper balls.
    Kenedee Fowler, Southern Living, 26 June 2026

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“Corrugate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corrugate. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.

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