as in adhesives
a substance used to stick things together
used glue to stick the photo in the album
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Recent Examples of glues
Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2025
Hayes shares with me that the lash bond used to adhere their falsies to your lashes is a much healthier option, because its formula does not utilize common but toxic ingredients found in other lash glues or bonds.
—Essence, 31 July 2025
Verb
The glues typically don’t hold well under a wet and salty surf.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 8 Aug. 2025
Hayes shares with me that the lash bond used to adhere their falsies to your lashes is a much healthier option, because its formula does not utilize common but toxic ingredients found in other lash glues or bonds.
—Essence, 31 July 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for glues
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Coupled with a suite of PFAS-free process innovations—including water-repellent surface modification and adhesives—the membrane also preserves waterproof performance.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
4 Sep. 2025
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Next, the team plans to expand the approach to other plastics, pair it with greener adhesives, and explore its potential for off-Earth construction, proving that what nature perfected in the ocean could help solve waste problems on Earth and beyond.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
13 Aug. 2025
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In Norse mythology, the ash tree known as Yggdrasill binds together all nine worlds, from the underworld of Niflheim to the realm of the gods, Asgard.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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Aside from Nuñez’s Oscar Martinez, what binds the two series together is, well, paper.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
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Paradise Lost, Milton’s epic of civil war, exile, and a journey to a new, heavenly homeland, fuses the Aeneid with other classical and biblical models.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Sep. 2025
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The original track fuses rock with hip-hop and its lyrical content is about winning big and having team pride.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Glues.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glues. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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