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as in foam
a light mass of fine bubbles formed in or on a liquid froth on the ocean waves

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verb

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Noun
While many acknowledged some pockets of froth in unprofitable tech names, 85% of managers said valuations among the Magnificent Seven and other AI heavyweights are not overly inflated. Lauren Chomiuk, Fortune, 7 Dec. 2025 Nobody Wants This is a tougher case because its leads, Kristen Bell and Adam Brody, are just so charming and many of its observations about love and family are just so spot-on that weaker elements can get lost in the froth. Judy Berman, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
Fans can also froth the Sweet Cream Enhancers to make an at-home cold foam, according to a product listing. Sabrina Weiss, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026 Sorry to be yet another woman frothing over the gay male body as depicted on Heated Rivalry, but these guys look really good in swim trunks. Emma Specter, Vogue, 27 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for froth
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foam
Noun
  • Nataliia had gone to the bus station, where soldiers were spraying foam to contain the nuclear fallout, and to the hospital, where men in white coats were unloading victims on stretchers from the backs of ambulances.
    Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • This pack of five brushes includes a straw cleaner, a foam scrubber and three multipurpose brushes made specifically to scrub the threads around the top of your water bottle.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026

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“Froth.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/froth. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.

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