Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dabbed
Verb
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The high-frequency detail that was already fading from atmospheric absorption got smeared further.—
Yook JiHun,
Popular Science,
26 Mar. 2026 -
Grainy mustard smeared on a chunk of corned beef is delicious too.—
Tribune Content Agency,
Baltimore Sun,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Goodwin, in the 77th minute, flicked in a header off a cross by David Schnegg for his first goal in MLS and capped the scoring in the third minute of stoppage time.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Goodwin, in the 77th minute, flicked in a header off a cross by David Schnegg for his first goal in MLS and capped the scoring in the third minute of stoppage time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Place de la République in Paris was daubed in swastikas and anti-Semitic slogans last Sunday after a neo-Nazi rally, and offices of France Unbowed have been attacked.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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Ryvchin, whose former home was daubed with antisemitic language and cars were set alight earlier this year, said both Australia’s federal government and provincial leaders in the state of New South Wales had failed to act on proposals to curb antisemitic violence.—
Katie Silver,
NBC news,
25 Dec. 2025
Verb
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Jansen patted his catcher's mitt on Baumler's chest and the infielders offered their congratulations.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2026
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While most recipes dollop the biscuits on top, this dough is patted into a rough circle and scored into scone-like wedges.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
23 Mar. 2026
Verb
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My Proustian madeleine is a sandwich comprised of walnut butter, cream cheese, and Medjool date jam slathered on thick slices of black bread.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Mar. 2026
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Elote slathered with kewpie mayo, lime, chile, cotija and a sprinkling of furikake.—
Linda Zavoral,
Mercury News,
6 Mar. 2026
Verb
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More than a year after he was first tapped, the nomination of Trump-supporting Orlando attorney Dan Newlin as ambassador to Colombia appears to be in peril.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
26 Mar. 2026
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Caballero tapped his helmet, and the 12 Hawk-Eye cameras of the Automated Ball-Strike System upheld Miller's decision in a graphic shown on the Oracle Park scoreboard.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Mar. 2026
Verb
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He has been anointed for no-doubt stardom since the Army All-American Bowl in 2018, when Waddle first crossed paths with Pat Surtain II.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2026
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Chavez was positioned as the Christlike figure who toiled for all of us at great personal cost and thus was anointed the face of the farmworkers movement.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The arena clapped and cheered for their new archbishop.—
Elizabeth Hernandez,
Denver Post,
26 Mar. 2026
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Those guys all stood up and clapped.—
Bruce Feldman,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Dabbed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dabbed. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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