as in to shed
to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside
a soap that promises to help me exfoliate all that dry, flaky skin I've apparently been carrying around
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Recent Examples of exfoliate
The popular tool features gentle vibrations that make exfoliating your face as easy as pie, even for first-time users.
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Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 23 July 2025
This summer, the company is adding a slate of new shaving products, including a pre-shave exfoliating Bumpy Bar and the Après Shave Oil.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Best Overall: The Inkey List Caffeine Eye Cream Our best overall eye cream punches well above its price point, tackling puffiness, dark circles, and dryness with a blend of plumping peptides and exfoliating albizia julibrissin bark extract.
—Esme Benjamin, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Wait three to five minutes so the exfoliating formula can foam and work its magic on your pores.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 4 Aug. 2025
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Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 23 July 2025
This summer, the company is adding a slate of new shaving products, including a pre-shave exfoliating Bumpy Bar and the Après Shave Oil.
—Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 July 2025
Best Overall: The Inkey List Caffeine Eye Cream Our best overall eye cream punches well above its price point, tackling puffiness, dark circles, and dryness with a blend of plumping peptides and exfoliating albizia julibrissin bark extract.
—Esme Benjamin, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025
Wait three to five minutes so the exfoliating formula can foam and work its magic on your pores.
—Katie Decker-Jacoby, StyleCaster, 4 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exfoliate
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Further examinations indicated that the debris shed by the star in that time ultimately shaped the supernova’s light emissions.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
14 Aug. 2025
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By looking closely at how people navigated these decisions in real time, the study shed light on the subtle mental trade-offs that can influence whether empathy comes to the surface or stays tucked away.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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To make peeling easier, lightly crack the eggs as soon as they are done and shock them in an ice bath for 10 minutes.—
Cameron Beall,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
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The 14-time Grammy winner peeled back the curtain on her glittery new album, The Life of a Showgirl, during an appearance Wednesday on the New Heights podcast, which is hosted by her boyfriend, Travis Kelce, and his brother, Jason.—
Lauren Huff,
EW.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Exfoliate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exfoliate. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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