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to deprive of emotional or intellectual vitality
by the time of the fourth rewrite, the screenplay had pretty much been gelded of all originality
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Recent Examples of gelding
Dana O'Neil, New York Times, 2 May 2025
In this year's Derby, Hernandez will be riding Burnham Square, the bay gelding who won last month's Blue Grass Stakes in Kentucky and Florida's Holy Bull Stakes in February and was given 12-1 odds in the morning line.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 2 May 2025
Valley of Fire, a 3-year-old gelding, broke both front legs during training and was euthanized on the track.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Ling even brought a horse — a gray gelding called Banner — to the opening.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Averill got started in horse racing the same year that Werth was cashing in on U.S. Jets, partnering on a gelding named Fun n’ Gun that year.
—Dana O'Neil, New York Times, 2 May 2025
In this year's Derby, Hernandez will be riding Burnham Square, the bay gelding who won last month's Blue Grass Stakes in Kentucky and Florida's Holy Bull Stakes in February and was given 12-1 odds in the morning line.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 2 May 2025
Valley of Fire, a 3-year-old gelding, broke both front legs during training and was euthanized on the track.
—John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Ling even brought a horse — a gray gelding called Banner — to the opening.
—Samantha Conti, WWD, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gelding
Noun
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The 5-year-old mare Esmeray died from an injury suffered in Del Mar’s fifth race Thursday.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 Nov. 2025
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The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The latter was shipped to the Indianapolis Colts in a deal that brought New York two first-round picks and wide receiver AD Mitchell, whom the colts drafted in the second round in 2024.—
Andrew McCarty,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Nov. 2025
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Tom Welling lives the good life on a horse farm in Northern California with his golden retriever Rosey and colt Apollo.—
Brendan Le,
PEOPLE,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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In handing down the sentence, Montenegro said Bonillo understood the scope of his misdeeds, abused his position of trust and used that position to enrich himself while undermining CBP’s main goal.—
Alex Riggins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Nov. 2025
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In late September, a wave carrying debris from a nearby home that had already collapsed slammed into theirs, undermining its foundation.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
7 Nov. 2025
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From that call, Langdale purchased a yearling foal and, unexpectedly, a senior Andalusian stallion trained in the airs above the ground.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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San Francisco’s stallion is the current RB1 of ones in PPR formats, shouldering a tireless 80.8 percent of the team’s opportunity share (25 touches per game).—
Brad Evans,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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After exhausting themselves in this 7-hour game, the two teams will have to do this all over again on Tuesday in Game 4.—
Greg Rosenstein,
NBC news,
28 Oct. 2025
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In today’s housing market, even the lucky ones often face exhausting ordeals and need to stretch their budgets to land a home.—
Samantha Delouya,
CNN Money,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The $80,000 Swingtime Stakes matches a large field of fillies and mares seeking their first stakes win in 2025.—
Kevin Modesti,
Oc Register,
12 Oct. 2025
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And coupled with Bottle of Rouge’s upset victory Saturday in the Del Mar Debutante – Baffert’s 12th win in the fillies’ 2-year-old championship race – Baffert has now swept the juvenile titles two straight years and eight times since 1996.—
Bill Center,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Extremely draining and hard day, hard for everyone involved, hard for everyone who loved Marshawn.—
Natasha Dye,
PEOPLE,
11 Nov. 2025
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Make sure the soil is well-draining and rich in organic matter for best results.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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From that call, Langdale purchased a yearling foal and, unexpectedly, a senior Andalusian stallion trained in the airs above the ground.—
Connie Etemadi,
USA Today,
27 Oct. 2025
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In some cases, weight gain or subtle behavior changes may be the only hints before the foal arrives.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Gelding.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gelding. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.
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