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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dashing (off)
making up
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Black people account for 53% of the unhoused population, despite making up less than one-third of the city’s total population.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2026 -
Barnes noted that the team's computer simulations were limited by the number and sizes of the particles making up the clouds of pebbles that went on to form planetesimals.—
Charles Q. Choi,
Space.com,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Dashing (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dashing%20%28off%29. Accessed 12 Mar. 2026.
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