as in whipping
to defeat by a large margin
the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans
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Recent Examples of dusting
My parents run an aerial application or crop-dusting business.
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Regularly dusting your door frames can prevent buildup, and furniture polish can help keep grime away even longer.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Friends old and new chat unencumbered with sugar dusting their mouths.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
The same way that dusting bronzer can make your complexion come alive, a lighter, brighter hair color can also give you an instant glow.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
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Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2026
Regularly dusting your door frames can prevent buildup, and furniture polish can help keep grime away even longer.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026
Friends old and new chat unencumbered with sugar dusting their mouths.
—Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Mar. 2026
The same way that dusting bronzer can make your complexion come alive, a lighter, brighter hair color can also give you an instant glow.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dusting
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The famously-shy sophomore obliged, several of her teammates whipping out their phones to record the big moment.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2026
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The Supergirl trailer shows him hootin' and hollerin' while doing donuts on his cycle and whipping his chain weapon around a horde of assailants.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
31 Mar. 2026
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These are Chinese, of course, and are made by coating duck eggs in a paste of salt, wood ash, lime, and black tea and burying them among rice husks in huge ceramic jars for 100 days.—
Jeffrey Steingarten,
Vogue,
5 Apr. 2026
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For the tribe, its main objective is to repatriate the remains of their ancestors — a process that often involves gathering the remains and artifacts and burying them together in a spot on the site that cannot be disturbed.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Apr. 2026
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The next day, the United States and Israel began bombing Iran, launching the country into war.—
Cora Engelbrecht,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Human Rights Watch has said bombing them would constitute a war crime.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
31 Mar. 2026
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Start by trimming the tough, dry ends off the bunch and chop them into little logs.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
12 Apr. 2026
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Get a hedge-and-branch trimming bundle at a huge discount.—
Andrew P. Collins,
The Drive,
9 Apr. 2026
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For years, companies have been flattening their organizations and cutting down middle management.—
Jacqueline Munis,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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Experts say the Treasury yield curve is flattening, though, which could mean longer-term rates will start to win out in the near future.—
Aly J Yale,
CBS News,
1 Apr. 2026
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But at the end of the day, Pasricha said, normalizing people doing human things in our homes without judgment and overcoming this embarrassment are important.—
Kristen Rogers,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2026
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And, in a perfectly fitting twist, UConn can cement that status by overcoming a Michigan powerhouse that is racking up historically impressive numbers, hoping to go down as one of the sport's greatest teams itself.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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Even though six of those past teams failed to win it all, fans are throwing the history books out the window after witnessing the Bear Down beatdown Saturday night.—
Jack Springgate,
CBS News,
6 Apr. 2026
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After throwing 13 1/3 scoreless innings in his first two starts, New York’s Max Fried allowed three runs on five hits in 6 2/3 innings.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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Alexander-Walker, known more for his defense, is averaging more than 20 points per game after never topping 10 during his eight seasons as a bench player in New Orleans, Utah and Minnesota.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
6 Apr. 2026
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After wrapping up his performance of chart-topping classics and ATL anthems with Sleepy Brown, Big Boi made his way from the stage to the Impossible Foods food truck not to eat, at least not right away, but to serve.—
Christopher Harris,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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“Dusting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dusting. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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