Thesaurus results for DUSTED

dusted

verb

past tense of dust

as in whipped

to defeat by a large margin the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans

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Recent Examples of dusted Days after being knocked out of the World Cup quarter-finals by England, Haaland and his partner Isabel Haugseng Johansen dusted themselves off and headed to the Mediterranean for the Dolce & Gabbana Alta Sartoria show in Sicily. — Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 15 July 2026 Make tip cuttings 6 to 8 inches long and use a rooting powder dusted on the cut ends. — Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026 The appeal is largely practical, since powders travel well in a bag, don’t leave hands greasy and can be dusted on without disturbing whatever’s already on your skin. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson july 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026 The courses can be tiny, from a teeny teacup of hot chicken broth infused with the aged Alpine echo of Pleasant Ridge Reserve cheese or a squiggly sweet funnel cake dusted with spicebush berry sugar. — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 They’re dusted with a classic ranch-style seasoning blend that includes garlic powder, onion powder, and powdered sour cream and buttermilk. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 9 June 2026 Lush and green in summer; ablaze in oranges, reds, and yellow for fall; dusted with snow in winter; or brimming with wildflower blooms in spring, the Smokies are stunning in every season. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 8 June 2026 Brown dusted him off in the next round against Philadelphia and, like Clarkson, Shamet hasn’t left the rotation. — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 8 June 2026 The interview now done and dusted, Armand turns Daniel into a vampire as revenge, Louis and Lestat tearfully reunite, and the interview becomes a best-selling book. — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 7 June 2026

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Most notable was his thin satin-like scarf whipped eccentrically over one shoulder, like a Milanese gentleman oozing sprezzatura, further cementing himself as one of the most glamorous soccer players of our time.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
In Tokyo, the couple had an adults-only date night at Daikoku Parking Area, where the F1 driver whipped around in a Ferrari F40 with Kardashian in the passenger seat.

— Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026

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In Yemen, the Houthis (an Iranian proxy group) bombed Saudi Arabia's Abha International Airport.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 July 2026
Things had improved since then, before spilling out into the open late last year when Saudi Arabia bombed a port in Yemen targeting a weapons shipment from the UAE.

— Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 9 July 2026

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Massive amounts of rocks and soil roared down a slope and buried more than 10 residential buildings early Friday in Pengshui County on the outskirts of Chongqing.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 July 2026
After careful physical analysis of six ancient princesses buried beneath the pyramids at Dahshur, researchers now have an answer.

— Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 17 July 2026

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Volunteers flattened and folded the bags, cut them into strips and tied them together to form plastic year, which was woven into durable sleeping mats using looms.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
But a century later, much of the city’s original architecture is being flattened in favor of high-rises and white boxes.

— Delia Rose Sauer, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026

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Newsom trimmed California’s initial commitment to local newsrooms in the program’s first year from $100 million, with $55 million coming from Google, to $10 million, from the state and Google each, in response to budgetary constraints.

— Evelyn Ronan, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026
Bernstein even trimmed it to Market Perform recently on some near-term demand caution.

— Todd Gordon, CNBC, 14 July 2026

Definition of trimmed

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One of the best-selling nonfiction titles of 2014, Hard Choices runs to more than 600 pages, many of which consist of factoids copied and pasted from Clinton’s old speeches.

— Matthew Walther, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026
Whether stowed in a recipe tin, pasted in a book, or safely tucked away in a memory, family recipes are part of what makes cooking so special.

— Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 2 July 2026

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