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as in to brush
to pass lightly across or touch gently especially in passing
the volleyball just grazed my face, so I'm okay
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Recent Examples of graze
Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 15 May 2025
Gardner was grazed in the head and shot in the leg, per police.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 May 2025
Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
Crime: 3 killed, 5 injured in shooting at restaurant in Glendale, Arizona: Police
Teens treated at hospital for injuries
One victim, a 17-year-old female, received a graze wound to the forehead, and she was treated and released from the hospital, the Ledger reported.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 5 May 2025
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Verb
The top coiled down into a layered skirt with flowing ruffled fabric that grazed her knees and calves.
—Starr Bowenbank, People.com, 15 May 2025
Gardner was grazed in the head and shot in the leg, per police.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 May 2025
Noun
Cops responding to a 911 call around 3:30 p.m. discovered the 40-year-old victim with a gunshot wound to the right leg and a graze wound from a bullet on his left knee outside a deli near Neptune Ave.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 9 May 2025
Crime: 3 killed, 5 injured in shooting at restaurant in Glendale, Arizona: Police
Teens treated at hospital for injuries
One victim, a 17-year-old female, received a graze wound to the forehead, and she was treated and released from the hospital, the Ledger reported.
—Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for graze
Noun
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The second procedure revealed that there were unexplained bruises on his head and body, per The Telegraph.—
Caroline Blair,
People.com,
17 June 2025
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Zoltan had reportedly suffered a broken arm and cuts, while Mickey had cuts and bruises.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
17 June 2025
Noun
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In fact, the abrasion from repeatedly opening and closing the caps on glass and plastic bottles can release an untold amount of micro- and nanoplastics into the beverage, said Lisa Zimmermann, lead author of the study published Tuesday in the journal NPJ Science of Food.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
24 June 2025
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Agudelo was transferred to Elmhurst Hospital where she was treated for numerous skull fractures, a puncture wound to her temple and multiple abrasions, according to Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg.—
Emma Seiwell,
New York Daily News,
18 June 2025
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“Graze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/graze. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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