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
The item features chicken nuggets breaded with tortilla chip crumbs and dusted with seasoning made with its own Diablo Sauce, the news release said.
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Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
The team also dusted for fingerprints and searched for hairs, fibers and touch DNA evidence.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
The summits of Mount Hamilton and Mount Diablo may even get dusted with snow.
—Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2026
The nut mix has almonds, pecans, coated cashews, and crispy bread chips, all dusted in a flavorful garlic butter seasoning blend.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
The best cinnamon squares are dusted with cinnamon-sugar powder that delivers an instant blast of flavor.
—Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
To the naked eye, the rings looked as if they were dusted with chalk or snow, Glover said.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
The miniatures in the castle are placed into small containers one room at a time, so they can be dusted and cleaned using small brushes and tweezers.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Still, this is a team that’s continually dusted itself off and gotten back into the fight.
—Tony Jones, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
The team also dusted for fingerprints and searched for hairs, fibers and touch DNA evidence.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
The summits of Mount Hamilton and Mount Diablo may even get dusted with snow.
—Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2026
The nut mix has almonds, pecans, coated cashews, and crispy bread chips, all dusted in a flavorful garlic butter seasoning blend.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
The best cinnamon squares are dusted with cinnamon-sugar powder that delivers an instant blast of flavor.
—Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
To the naked eye, the rings looked as if they were dusted with chalk or snow, Glover said.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
The miniatures in the castle are placed into small containers one room at a time, so they can be dusted and cleaned using small brushes and tweezers.
—Adam Harrington, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
Still, this is a team that’s continually dusted itself off and gotten back into the fight.
—Tony Jones, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dusted
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Those three words — which end up being alien, glamorous, and whipped — will shape their dishes.—
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
21 Apr. 2026
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But Reigns whipped Punk into the barricade and continued his assault in the crowd.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
20 Apr. 2026
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DeVito also directed this charming flick that kinda bombed in theaters but developed a following on VHS and DVD.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2026
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Residents say the Israelis have prevented residents — most of whom work in agriculture — from accessing their farmland near the border; other fields were bombed with white phosphorous, Lebanese authorities said, destroying vegetation and thousands of trees.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Apr. 2026
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Yet there’s very little drama in Gowin’s pictures, and any plot is sketchy or buried.—
Vince Aletti,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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The new picture also captures shadowy fractures and pits that hint at large volumes of water ice still buried beneath the surface, as well as numerous impact craters surrounded by the detritus of their own explosive formation.—
Joseph Howlett,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2026
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Of course, they're still topped with that decadent with cream cheese frosting.—
Jenna Sims,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2026
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The company’s insurer, UnitedHealthcare, and Optum both topped analysts’ sales estimates for the quarter, according to StreetAccount.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
21 Apr. 2026
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Residents returning to southern villages and Beirut suburbs find entire neighborhoods reduced to rubble, with buildings flattened and infrastructure destroyed by weeks of intensive strikes.—
Kareem Chehayeb,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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Entire rows of power poles were flattened.—
Tammy Ljungblad,
Kansas City Star,
15 Apr. 2026
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Cortes went 4 for 5 with a home run in the fourth inning that trimmed Seattle's lead to 3-1.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Apr. 2026
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The Texas Education Agency initially proposed over 300 literary works, from which the state board trimmed about 100 of the readings.—
Kamal Morgan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Apr. 2026
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With Smart’s unwavering defensive commitment, the Lakers smothered the Rockets in Game 1 and were just as effective in Game 2 when Durant made his series debut after missing the first game because of a right knee contusion.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
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Sexyy tries to ride the beat with ad-libs but gets smothered by the arrangement.—
Stephen Kearse,
Pitchfork,
21 Apr. 2026
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While traditional wallpaper is meticulously pasted to a wall, peel-and-stick attaches quickly with an adhesive backing.—
Shagun Khare,
Martha Stewart,
16 Apr. 2026
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They were raised in congressional hearings and pasted on posters in anti-ICE demonstrations.—
Mica Rosenberg,
ProPublica,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Dusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dusted. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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