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as in clumps
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as in chews
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Noun
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And there's a lot of dope young kids out there that are for the culture, learning and all that.—
Ed Masley,
AZCentral.com,
13 July 2025 -
Someone's gonna find it and like it, and if one person likes it, then there's someone on the planet who is like, this was dope.—
Outside Online,
Outside Online,
18 June 2025
Verb
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This naturally leads to reporters questioning how the meat tastes.—
Tom Rogers,
Newsweek,
26 Dec. 2024
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Either way, there is a better way to sip a creamy alcoholic drink that actually tastes like something without having to resort to saccharine premade nog.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
24 Dec. 2024
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“Gums.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gums. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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