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Recent Examples of floss
Choose from floss mode and hydro pulse massage mode.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
This is also true of floss silk tree (Ceiba species), which shares jacaranda’s South American habitat.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Most dental floss is plastic, too—alternatives, such as silk floss, are mostly a health-food-store find.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Several studies, including a 2018 review of 22 clinical trials, found that interdental brushes were better than floss or other tools at reducing gum inflammation.
—Elizabeth Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 15 Sep. 2025
This is also true of floss silk tree (Ceiba species), which shares jacaranda’s South American habitat.
—Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 13 Sep. 2025
Most dental floss is plastic, too—alternatives, such as silk floss, are mostly a health-food-store find.
—Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 25 Aug. 2025
Several studies, including a 2018 review of 22 clinical trials, found that interdental brushes were better than floss or other tools at reducing gum inflammation.
—Elizabeth Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for floss
Noun
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Moments later, Carthen struts into the frame wearing a Patriot's jersey corset, an enormous fur stole, and knee-high Timberland stilettos.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
9 Feb. 2026
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Cue everyone with a fur baby of their own crying into their beer and chicken wings.—
Debby Wolfinsohn,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Standing at the head of a moving shuttle bus like a safari guide, the circuit’s chairman points to piles of dirt.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
10 Feb. 2026
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On Amazon, the glorious inconvenience of browsing shelves or combing through piles has been eliminated.—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2026
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“Floss.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/floss. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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