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Definition of creamsnext
plural of cream

creams

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verb

present tense third-person singular of cream
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as in destroys
to bring to a complete end the physical soundness, existence, or usefulness of the head-on collision creamed the brand-new car in an instant

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Recent Examples of creams
Noun
Other transdermal methods which avoid the blood stream such as gels and creams often aren’t covered by insurance and cost three times as much as patches. Laura Trujillo, USA Today, 6 May 2026 Most side effects from daraxonrasib were treated with antibiotics, topical creams and anti-diarrheal medication. Erika Edwards, NBC news, 6 May 2026 Furthermore, people take cannabis in myriad different forms—flowers, waxes, edibles, tinctures, creams, suppositories, and more—and at varying doses. Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 4 May 2026 Choose from a big assortment of creams, oils, serums and more. ABC News, 4 May 2026 Body creams are traditionally more oil-based and contain occlusive ingredients to create a thick, rich product. Carley Millhone, Health, 30 Apr. 2026 Hydrocortisone creams or ointments may help short-term inflammation or itching, but people shouldn’t use topical steroids for more than two weeks at a time because these drugs can make the skin thinner and lead to inflammation. Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 29 Apr. 2026 From serums to blowout creams, heat protectants and beyond—no matter the format, these products keeping frizz and flyaways at bay even in the midst of a heatwave. Deanna Pai, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2026 Like the items in your kitchen, medications (including creams, ointments, pain relievers, and more) all come with their own set of expiration dates. Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
Verb
Plus, similar tinted, brightening eye creams below. Tamim Alnuweiri, InStyle, 14 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for creams
Noun
  • Hollywood royalty, from Beyoncé and Nicole Kidman to Sabrina Carpenter and Teyana Taylor, will hit the red carpet in their sartorial best for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's annual gala.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 4 May 2026
  • Test your knowledge of baseball bests, restaurant revamps and more in this week's American Culture Quiz.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • After hundreds to thousands of years, the feeding black hole or neutron star falls into the stellar core and destroys it, creating a luminous emission.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 May 2026
  • Federal debt destroys wealth and impedes economic growth.
    Rose Evans May 6, Idaho Statesman, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.
    Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Page Six gets a Hollywood edition Papps declined last week to reveal what stories his reporters were chasing and what bombs the political columnists will throw in its first editions.
    Christopher Weber, Chicago Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • She is captured on stage in flowing layers, wearing corals and dusty pinks, with pants that hugged at the hip and a headpiece.
    Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026
  • The dress, which was designed by Jonathan Anderson for Dior, could be seen sketched on paper in pinks and whites.
    Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 5 May 2026
Verb
  • But the beetles don't come back after the evil WESAYSO corporation ruins their habitat.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • On Bolivia’s Isla del Sol, simple guesthouses and boutique hotels overlook Incan ruins and the seemingly endless blue water.
    Carla Vianna, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The Dark Knight Rises (2012) Those of us who love her were able to finally take a breather on this one when the film bros eventually shut up and were able to admit that Hathaway totally whips ass in this franchise closer.
    Chris Feil, Vulture, 1 May 2026
  • Canty is one of the coaches who whips students into shape.
    Terell Bailey, CBS News, 16 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The latest filing demolishes the timeworn claim that DOGE was infiltrated into Social Security in order to responsibly ferret out fraud and overspending.
    Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2026
  • If the city demolishes the building, the costs will be assessed to the property owner.
    Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The sequencer pastes together the strings and the quality scores, along with some other metadata, read by read, to form what is called a FASTQ file.
    Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018

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“Creams.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/creams. Accessed 11 May. 2026.

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