1
as in stains
to make dirty
a tablecloth daubed with too many spills to ignore any longer
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2
as in smears
to rub an oily or sticky substance over
he begins his nightly transformation into a circus clown by daubing greasepaint on his face
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Verb
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Blood still regularly stains the floors of the Coliseum’s rings.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
Noun
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When are the Wisconsin Lottery drawings held?—
Steven Martinez,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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Winning Triple Twist numbers 02-07-17-21-31-32 Check Triple Twist payouts and previous drawings here.—
Lorenzino Estrada,
AZCentral.com,
17 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Fine Clothes paints a picture of the racist working conditions of Jim Crow America.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
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Clooney’s Jay is reflective and regretful about the choices he’s made throughout his career — which have left his adult children feeling abandoned and neglected — but the film seldom paints him as cruel or even all that foolish.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Beaton set out to revolutionize how portraits were taken.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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His portraits poked a hole into the romantic mythology of the American West, telling instead a story of poverty and struggle.—
Leah Asmelash,
CNN Money,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Dim sunlight smudges skies for only a few hours in the depth of winter.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Add pasta and remaining 2 tablespoon butter; cook, stirring and shaking skillet constantly, until a creamy sauce forms that coats the pasta, about 3 minutes, adding more reserved pasta water, 1/4 cup at a time, as needed.—
Jasmine Smith,
Southern Living,
11 Oct. 2025
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When rice makes the journey from paddy to grocery store to your home, with a few stops along the way, the grains rub against each other, resulting in a layer of starch that coats the outside of each individual grain.—
Emily Johnson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Related Stories Khan and Kajol’s portrayals of the iconic couple have become one of the definitive cinematic representations of love in Indian cinema, maintaining their status as a pop culture touchstone for South Asians worldwide.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
20 Oct. 2025
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That’s preserved in over 300 medieval and Renaissance manuscript witnesses and has served as the basis of untold thousands of visual representations of Jesus Christ.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
Noun
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So tangled are the tricks and plot lines that the story’s characters are little more than sketches.—
Kirk Honeycutt,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Oct. 2025
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Herman is at work on another book, which will include hundreds of sketches he’s drawn during his travels over the past 40 years.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
20 Oct. 2025
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“Daubs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daubs. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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