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 By the time the final whistle sounded on South Africa’s 29-24 triumph, some supporters and pundits were already saying that this was the real series done and dusted. — Daniel Gallan, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 Her makeup was set with Charlotte Tilbury’s Airbrush Loose Powder around her T-zone and dusted delicately over her lipstick for more staying powder. — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 3 Sep. 2026 The harvest was done and dusted (literally) by July 27 – a month earlier than usual. — Mark Rice-Oxley, Christian Science Monitor, 31 Aug. 2026 Dixon-Wyatt dusted his defender off the line to catch a red-zone slant for a score. — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2026 And lastly, how, despite Newey’s backhanded public comments toward Aston’s new works partner, everyone at Honda simply dusted themselves off and began working on a solution. — Jerry Perez, The Drive, 20 Aug. 2026 While fans applauded the spectacle, Parrish dusted himself off and returned to mid-field. — Abby Disalvo, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026 Dinner consists of 14 courses, with plenty of flair—dramatic blowtorch sears, smoke delivered by balloon, even select cuts of fish dusted with edible glitter. — Erika Ebsworth-Goold, Midwest Living, 3 Aug. 2026 For daily cleaning, marble floors should be dusted and dry-wiped. — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 31 July 2026

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That sort of whipped, inswinging ball from Slater that caused so much havoc is hugely familiar to avid Premier League watchers.

— Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026
And that daring move seemed to set the tone for the rest of the night, as Kansas City whipped the reigning AFC West champions 31-10.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of whipped

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In 2025, American and Israeli forces had bombed Iran’s nuclear-enrichment facilities, which Western leaders said were engaged in a decades-long drive to develop a nuclear weapon.

— Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 Sep. 2026
In Gaza, last December, Mustafa and Nesma Al Borsh married after waiting two years, then Israel bombed the school shelter where they were expected to live—Mustafa’s eight-year-old nephew was killed in the blast.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of bombed

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In June, in a southeastern area facing a prolonged dry spell, men abducted a rainmaker named Albino Lobillia and buried him alive, according to witnesses.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 20 Sep. 2026
Earlier this year, Harry and Meghan, with their children, visited Diana’s ancestral home, where she is buried on a small island closed to the public.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of buried

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In Lois Lowry’s dystopian novel The Giver, a world of human complexity has been flattened deliberately to remove the inconvenient excesses of emotion and feeling.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
What stayed with him was not just the gravity of their circumstances, but their refusal to be flattened by it.

— Riann Phillip, Vogue, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of flattened

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The set includes two stoppers that measure 2 inches tall by 39 inches wide, which can be trimmed to fit under most standard-sized doors.

— Alicia Geigel, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2026
Homeowners associations are known for rules about paint colors, fences and keeping the lawn trimmed.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of trimmed

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My life was tied up in electric razor-wire fences and smothered in concrete.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026
One jumper is famous for having smothered miles of flames with his jacket; in Alaska, jumpers have used spruce boughs and burlap bags filled with moss.

— M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of smothered

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Erosion along the 3-mile shoreline topped 60% in August and narrowed the beach to a point even Tybee lifers professed to have never seen.

— Adam Van Brimmer, AJC.com, 19 Sep. 2026
The 10-year Treasury yield topped 5% this past week, hitting the highest level since 2007 and blowing way past forecasts for borrowing costs over the next decade.

— Jason Ma, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of topped

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His hair is pasted down with sweat and his head moves forward and backward like an old man’s.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
At the Tribhuvan University Teaching hospital in Kathmandu, the lobby walls have been pasted with photos of hundreds of missing people.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

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