flaked

verb

past tense of flake
as in peeled

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  1. peeled
  2. scaled
Verb
  • Combine 3 heads of garlic, cloves separated and peeled, and 1½ cups grapeseed oil in a small ovenproof saucepan (add more oil if cloves aren’t submerged).
    — Jeremy Fox, Bon Appetit Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026
  • There is no trailer yet for One Piece’s return, but since production has wrapped, keep your eyes peeled for fresh looks at what’s to come in the next few months.
    — Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Aug. 2026
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  • When scaled across hundreds of millions of users, those fractions add up to massive daily expenditures.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026
  • In August 2025, Health and Human Services also scaled down the Foodborne Diseases Active Surveillance Network, known as FoodNet, which tracks food poisoning cases, slashing mandatory surveillance of six major germs, including cyclospora.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of scaled
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“Flaked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flaked. Accessed 8 Sep. 2026.

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