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Recent Examples of gum
Violeta Valdés, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
This sentiment is reflected in explosive industry growth: exports of unprocessed and semi-processed gum have nearly tripled in the last three decades.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
Heat waves can gum up hospitals enough to bring deadly consequences even beyond patients directly afflicted, a new study finds.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Helps prevent gingivitis and gum disease, which can cause bone loss and tooth loss.
—Violeta Valdés, Vogue, 28 Apr. 2025
This sentiment is reflected in explosive industry growth: exports of unprocessed and semi-processed gum have nearly tripled in the last three decades.
—Erik Zou, JSTOR Daily, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
Such tariffs can hurt the economy directly by raising prices for U.S. consumers and gumming up global trade.
—CBS News, 12 Mar. 2025
Heat waves can gum up hospitals enough to bring deadly consequences even beyond patients directly afflicted, a new study finds.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gum
Noun
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The song structures melt into goo; the lyrics pelt flecks of raw feeling.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
3 Dec. 2024
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When the fish are brought to the surface, however, the comparative lack of pressure causes their bodies to collapse into shapeless puddles of goo.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This pillow also specifically resists clumping due to the double types of fill.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
14 May 2025
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An eddy, or area of rolling, developed in each of these rings and caused the debris to clump up in a snowball effect.—
Alexander E. Gates,
The Conversation,
5 May 2025
Verb
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Politics is transactional, though if another Republican endorsed Graham, they'd be tarred and feathered.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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That includes being tarred in an ad campaign by United for a Brighter Tomorrow, a group that has blasted him for his COVID record and past political blunders.—
Chris Sommerfeldt,
New York Daily News,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In one gory scene that’s difficult to unsee, the ferociously hungry Oliver chews on a kitchen knife.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
16 May 2025
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The dust has settled, though, and the sample-size gremlins are chewing on fewer and fewer things.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
15 May 2025
Noun
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In other words, sitting in your man cave or woman cave spraying melanotan II up your nose alone may not give you that savage or dope tan.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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He’s been dropping tapes nonstop since 2022, as his method is really to flood the internet with his motivation music and unglamorous crime epics full of crooked cops, lookout boys, dealers, dope fiends, tricks, and urban decay.—
Alphonse Pierre,
Pitchfork,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The light non-foaming cream is enriched with shea butter, plus monoi, avocado, and tamanu oils to nourish the strands while removing scalp buildup.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
22 May 2025
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For example, the healing properties of the body oils in their first Desert Muse Collection are at the foundation of the brand.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
15 May 2025
Noun
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The two primary methods are the washed (wet) process, where cherries are pulped, fermented, and washed to remove the mucilage before drying, and the natural (dry) process, where cherries are dried whole with the fruit intact, allowing the beans to absorb fruity flavors.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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During fermentation, natural enzymes and microorganisms break down the sugars and proteins in the mucilage, modifying the beans’ acidity, sweetness, and overall flavor profile.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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To be clear, the same can't be said for the rest of the internet, which every April Fools' Day lards its usual mystery blend of fact, rumor and misinformation with, well, still more misinformation — this time in the service of what some allege to be humor.—
Colin Dwyer,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2025
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Sadly, there are countless more examples like these larding my social media feed and surely those of tens of thousands of others.—
DJ Rosenthal,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Nov. 2024
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“Gum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gum. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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