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Recent Examples of cream
Noun
The elevated cream colorway adds a sophisticated touch to any casual outfit, so these sneakers would pair well with summer dresses and denim cut-offs alike. Genevieve Cepeda, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2025 Producing medicines locally allows countries to focus on treatments relevant to African contexts — for example, vaccines or creams that prevent waterborne infections commonly found on the continent but which are rarely prioritized elsewhere. Francisca Mutapi, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025
Verb
In Las Vegas, a city known for its late-night prime rib buffets, David Chang’s Majordomo offers smoked prime rib carved tableside and served with pommes puree and creamed spinach. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 3 July 2025 The new, collective kits will be introduced in the fall and come in blue and cream with gold hardware. Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for cream
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cream
Noun
  • Napheesa Collier finished with 25 points and nine rebounds, Courtney Williams added 23 points and five assists, and the Lynx had season bests in points, rebounds and free throws in dominating Las Vegas 109-78.
    Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 26 July 2025
  • The Tampa Bay Buccaneers franchise quarterback is coming off the best year of his career, which began with a life-changing contract, continued with the birth of his first daughter and wrapped with personal bests of a 10-7 record, 4,500 passing yards and 41 touchdowns.
    Jeff Howe, New York Times, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • But when our home was destroyed, our studio lost, and the war displaced us to Khanyounis’s tent camps, cooking became less about flavor and more about survival.
    Hamada Shaqoura, Time, 7 Aug. 2025
  • There were 25 diesel buses that were destroyed per the grant regulations, Young said.
    Harley Walls, Arkansas Online, 7 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The girl was allegedly burned with hot water, beaten and whipped, according to the outlets, citing probable cause documents from local police.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • And that’s even before his lighthouse keeper character whips out a delightfully goofy Scottish accent or a series of minimal but masterful props.
    Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In his letters, Chekhov could sound like Ivan, lambasting the blinkered privilege of Russia’s aristocracy and the state of poverty in which most of the people were mired in.
    Philip Metres July 30, Literary Hub, 30 July 2025
  • Wealthy Americans, meanwhile, some flush with robber-baron fortunes, flocked to the house to acquire the sheen of aristocracy by association.
    Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
Verb
  • But a sewer backup during this weekend's historic flood ruined 60 of the backpacks, Maya Bell reports.
    Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Her Altadena home and the surrounding community were ruined by the Eaton wildfires that ripped through Los Angeles in January.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Parish skins the leg quarters — frying up the exteriors for cracklins — and smokes them before a three-hour confit.
    Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 25 July 2025
  • Morgan’s mother, who could skin a deer in two minutes with nothing more than a golf ball and a piece of string, held the business together.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 24 July 2025
Noun
  • Tennessee ranks toward the top of the list for approval ratings at 60%, along with West Virginia at 59%.
    Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 15 Aug. 2025
  • And just this year, housing affordability and homelessness prevention rose to the top of the legislative agenda in both chambers.
    Adriana Negron, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • After partially collapsing on Sunday, one of the two Eutaw Street buildings condemned by the city’s housing department was being demolished Monday evening, as transportation officials advised that street closures likely will continue through Tuesday’s commute.
    Chevall Pryce, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2025
  • And its new chair, Rep. Mike Flood, wants to demolish that assumption for good.
    Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 4 Aug. 2025

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“Cream.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cream. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.

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