Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for expectorated
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The day of the invasion had been thick with heat, the kind that made the air above the sidewalk kebab spits ripple with diesel smoke.—
Vidushi Mishti Sharma,
Rolling Stone,
24 Oct. 2025 -
So that time in the dugout, that time pregame, spitting seeds, the conversations that take place postgame, those are so crucial.—
Evan Webeck,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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In at least three Sahel states — Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso — military juntas that came to power in coups, notably Niger and Mali, have expelled Western military forces.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
19 Oct. 2025
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Reuters — Two top Chinese military leaders have been expelled from the ruling Communist Party and the military on corruption charges, the country’s defense ministry said on Friday, the most senior officers to be purged in an anti-graft drive that began in 2023.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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Callie and Arizona: Another couple spatting over kids.—
Maggie Fremont,
Vulture,
9 Oct. 2025
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Mulroney, Ackerman, Snow, and Newman turn this story of spatting WAGS into an explosive, addictive watch.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
11 Aug. 2025
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When Matthieu took his bow, Paris exhaled — not just in relief, but in recognition.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
8 Oct. 2025
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Voices gasped, exhaled for a beat, then rose up in screams of horror.—
Eric Levenson,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Mature Texas Rangers should never be watered more than twice a month.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
18 Oct. 2025
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On the 10-point scale, numbers one through three alert users that the plant needs to be watered, four through seven indicate that the plant can be left alone, while numbers eight through 10 show that the plant has been overwatered.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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According to Henry Ford Health, there was a clause in the Teamsters contract that expired in August 2025 that tied union members’ pay to the number of nurses working on a unit each day.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tennessee state records show one of those men was denied a private security license, another's expired in 2020 and a third wasn't listed in the database.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Expectorated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/expectorated. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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