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 Then, lightly dusted on a mixture of ‘Candy Yum Yum’ and ‘Honey Love’ lipsticks. — Noor Lobad, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026 Their light brown or gray bodies are dusted with large freckles, presumably for camouflaging, and their fins are edged in black, as if nature took a Sharpie to outline them. — Asia London Palomba, Christian Science Monitor, 20 Oct. 2026 This replacement programme hopes to see all six new SSNs done and dusted by 2030. — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026 With the Bajaria ouster done and dusted, the industry’s eyes are now trained on film chief Dan Lin, who held an urgent meeting with the film team at the company on Thursday night to go over the shake up. — Mia Galuppo, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 The Golden Globes will also be done and dusted with its 2027 ceremony set for January 10. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2026 The other sweet addition features buttermilk biscuit dough that’s fried, dusted with sugar and served with caramel sauce for dipping. — Tanasia Kenney, Charlotte Observer, 1 Oct. 2026 Elderly couples surrounded us in somber ceremony, each of them in seats clustered close to one another, some holding hands, their fingers dusted in crumb cake. — Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2026 Pan puri shots come with billowing smoke, and lamb chops are dusted in 24-karat gold. — Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

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Brown became the leader of the House Trade Working Group, a caucus of Democratic representatives opposed to free-trade agreements who whipped votes on those deals.

— Dan Kaufman, New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2026
Fire crews scrambled late Saturday as fierce winds whipped flames beyond Canadian Forces Base Wainwright and into the surrounding rural area.

— Rob Gillies, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of whipped

Verb

In an interview with Inside Edition on Tuesday, store owner Adam Rubin said that his store has been review-bombed since Clarkson took to social media and named the store, and employees and surrounding businesses have been harassed.

— Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
The Houthis bombed the corporate HQ of Saudi Aramco in Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, on Tuesday, officials said.

— Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of bombed

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But many of us have buried our beloved pets in our yards beneath new trees as an alternative to cremation.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Oct. 2026
The synth melody is poignant through the buds, but the upper vocal harmony and some of the upper-register atmospheric instruments are slightly buried.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of buried

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Instead, the adoption curve has been flattened thanks to products like Muse from Meta and OpenAI’s Dots.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
Here, his clumsy, winky, affected, and self-undercutting direction can’t even work the charming Jenna Ortega to a great performance, as her Klara is flattened into a bundle of manic pixie mannerisms both physical and verbal.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of flattened

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That means treating early-career roles as a development investment with a return that’s measured in years, not as a line item to be trimmed each quarter.

— Tim Brackney, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Bernstein trimmed its price target on the Club name to $377 from $397 ahead of Wednesday evening's earnings.

— Jim Cramer, CNBC, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of trimmed

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Some fans are staunch defenders of the polarizing pork sandwich, which consists of a boneless pork patty smothered in tangy barbecue sauce, topped with onions and pickles and served on a toasted roll.

— Sadie Chafe, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026
But crisp tortilla layers arrived smothered with vegan cheddar and fresh, vine-ripe tomatoes.

— Amanda Eyre Ward, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of smothered

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The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 chart for nine consecutive weeks, became an instant hallmark of the mid-2000s, and cemented Ne-Yo’s brand of heartfelt autofiction.

— Clover Hope, Pitchfork, 25 Oct. 2026
Arsenii Dukhno of Russia, who topped qualifying, bounded out of bounds after overcooking a tumbling sequence and wound up sixth.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of topped

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The Wikimedia Foundation is also working on a tool called Paste Check, which can flag text pasted directly from some AI chatbots.

— Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2026
The mural in question is pasted along the side of the Jolly Colliers Pub building in Bedminster, Bristol.

— Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of pasted

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