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
Large metal trays and sieves were set out, and the oldest women, their faces marked with Amazigh tattoos, took their place around them, sleeves pushed back, hands already dusted with semolina.
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Boutheina Ben Salem, Vogue, 8 May 2026
It is then dusted with cacao and, poetically enough, resembles its namesake; a brick.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Suya skewers arrive next, smoky, peanut-dusted, and impossibly tender.
—Carrie Honaker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 May 2026
Start with the legendary cream puffs — pillowy, powdered-sugar-dusted and worth the line.
—Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
Choose drapery that can be laundered or replace with blinds that can be dusted regularly.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
The latest flurries that dusted parts of the Sierra Nevada this week are unlikely to do much to ease California’s snow drought.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The Milk Bar Pie Doughnut resembles Tosi's signature Milk Bar Pie and is made with an unglazed shell doughnut filled with buttery pie filling, dipped in caramel icing and rolled in oat cookie topping, then dusted with a sweet, powdered coating.
—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
The item features chicken nuggets breaded with tortilla chip crumbs and dusted with seasoning made with its own Diablo Sauce, the news release said.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Boutheina Ben Salem, Vogue, 8 May 2026
It is then dusted with cacao and, poetically enough, resembles its namesake; a brick.
—James Horncastle, New York Times, 7 May 2026
Suya skewers arrive next, smoky, peanut-dusted, and impossibly tender.
—Carrie Honaker, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 May 2026
Start with the legendary cream puffs — pillowy, powdered-sugar-dusted and worth the line.
—Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 30 Apr. 2026
Choose drapery that can be laundered or replace with blinds that can be dusted regularly.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
The latest flurries that dusted parts of the Sierra Nevada this week are unlikely to do much to ease California’s snow drought.
—Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The Milk Bar Pie Doughnut resembles Tosi's signature Milk Bar Pie and is made with an unglazed shell doughnut filled with buttery pie filling, dipped in caramel icing and rolled in oat cookie topping, then dusted with a sweet, powdered coating.
—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
The item features chicken nuggets breaded with tortilla chip crumbs and dusted with seasoning made with its own Diablo Sauce, the news release said.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dusted
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Maria Wittorp, the hotel’s head concierge, said, with the haste of an auctioneer, standing in the lobby, as blazer-wearing staffers whipped by.—
Jane Bua,
New Yorker,
14 May 2026
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Real estate agents whipped out their phones to put a hard sell on anything east of I-95.—
Pat Beall,
Sun Sentinel,
8 May 2026
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Most of the miniseries outside of a few have bombed.—
Zach Dean OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
15 May 2026
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The battleship, now a military cemetery reachable only by boat, has stood as one of the nation’s most hallowed sites since Japan bombed and sank it in 1941.—
Jim Mustian,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Actor Billy Gardell, a Pittsburgh native, walks a new security guard through it all with the schedule buried at the end.—
Teresa M. Walker,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
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Research suggests Della Kinder, who mailed the card, was born in 1884, died in 1953, and is buried in Woodruff County.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 May 2026
Verb
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Surveillance camera footage captured Mott scaling an 8-foot fence topped with barbed wire at the perimeter of the airport in just 15 seconds, then walking across the runway.—
Clara Harter,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Curious which town topped the list?—
Staff Report,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
Verb
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Cuban heavyweight Robelis Despaigne flattened former UFC champion Junior dos Santos with a brutal first-round knockout.—
Alejandro Avila OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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The timbers came from trees felled by Cyclone Pam, the Category 5 storm that flattened much of Vanuatu in 2015.—
Christopher Elliott,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
Verb
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The strap can be trimmed for a custom fit on smaller dogs or puppies.—
Rachel Cortez,
USA Today,
11 May 2026
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Then, move on to the next one, repeating the process until all nails have been trimmed.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
11 May 2026
Verb
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Before this, in the mid 20th century, a standard cut of meat at mealtimes was a pork loin or beef steak, smothered in cream sauce.—
Rebecca Firkser,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 May 2026
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Through the first three games of the series, the Golden Knights smothered Anaheim’s power play, killing all 11 penalties Vegas took in the series.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
Verb
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On top of all this, Apple says the warnings will definitely pop up if a command that’s been pasted in Terminal is known to be malicious.—
Michael Kan,
PC Magazine,
7 May 2026
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McDaniel even made a wanted poster with Mitchell’s face on it and pasted it to the wall inside the Chargers facility.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Dusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dusted. Accessed 18 May. 2026.
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