as in adhesive
a substance used to stick things together
used glue to stick the photo in the album
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Recent Examples of glue
Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Overall, this is currently a race between paste and glue.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Kate Bernot, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
At one workstation, a worker uses liquid epoxy to glue fiberglass reinforcing sheets to wooden blades, in batches of six.
—Joseph Hostetler, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
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Noun
The facility had eight dead/dying cockroaches in a glue trap in the liquor storage area.
—Sacbee.com, 6 Mar. 2026
Overall, this is currently a race between paste and glue.
—Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2026
Verb
Others are high-dose, quasi-pharmaceutical relief designed to ameliorate pain and glue your back to the couch.
—Kate Bernot, Bon Appetit Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
At one workstation, a worker uses liquid epoxy to glue fiberglass reinforcing sheets to wooden blades, in batches of six.
—Joseph Hostetler, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glue
Noun
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Remove as much dust as possible to improve the bonding of the tile adhesive.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
8 Mar. 2026
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Add additional rows of blocks, staggering them over the previous layer and using construction adhesive between rows.—
Daniel Modlin,
Architectural Digest,
5 Mar. 2026
Verb
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They were bound to drop the bola at some point.—
E.R. Pulgar,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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Plus, because Dimorphos is gravitationally bound to Didymos, the DART impact could not inadvertently knock it towards Earth.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
10 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Working one piece at a time, dip each artichoke half into the soy milk mixture, then press lightly into the quinoa mixture to adhere.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
10 Mar. 2026
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But one coach who adheres closely is Army’s Jeff Monken.—
Seth Emerson,
New York Times,
4 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The Fusion technology has its roots in the UltraFusion interconnect used to fuse two full CPU chips in the M-series Ultra lineup, but the purpose here is probably to make the chip fabrication process a bit more flexible.—
Brian Westover,
PC Magazine,
9 Mar. 2026
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The material was porous and crumbly, allaying fears that the fuel might’ve fused into a diamond-hard mass impenetrable even to drills.—
Yusuke Maekawa,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The ponytail began with a sleek foundation, with the lengths cinched at the crown of her head and fastened in a series of bubbles.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
5 Mar. 2026
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There are some café racing elements in there too, like the pillion cover and the tubular license plate holder fastened to the swingarm's side.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
4 Mar. 2026
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“Glue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glue. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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