1
as in ensuring
to make sure, certain, or safe
with that win, the team has pretty much iced a spot in the play-offs
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2
as in murdering
slang
to put to death deliberately
that gang leader wouldn't hesitate to ice anyone who tries to invade his turf
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as in fringe benefit
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Recent Examples of icing
Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
The breakfast biscuits are drizzled with icing and come in a two-pack or four-pack.
—Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
This is clip is icing in the cake.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Set aside 30 minutes, allowing the icing to dry and bind the two sugar skull pieces.
—Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
The breakfast biscuits are drizzled with icing and come in a two-pack or four-pack.
—Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
The placard in the bakery notes that the Chocolate Fudge Cake is a four-layer chocolate cake with fudge filling and a rich fudge icing.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
This is clip is icing in the cake.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for icing
Verb
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These bilayers were covalently bonded via secondary UV curing, ensuring strong interfacial adhesion and stability over 100 actuation cycles.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Oct. 2025
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Cupertino’s De Anza College in Cupertino has been named a Pathway Champion for 2025 for its efforts in ensuring that students are on the path to transfer to a four-year university.—
Anne Gelhaus,
Mercury News,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The man accused of murdering Iryna Zarutska faces federal charges that could result in the death penalty, according to new reports.—
Emma Bussey,
FOXNews.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Fairley was accused in 2018 of murdering a man in witness protection.—
Dana O'Neil,
CNN Money,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The monthly limit for the qualified transportation fringe benefit and the monthly limitation for qualified parking are $340.—
Dan Avery,Andreina Rodriguez,
CNBC,
9 Oct. 2025
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Bloomberg Tax anticipates that the exemption amounts will look like this in 2026: Fringe Benefits—Transportation In 2026, the monthly limitation for the qualified transportation fringe benefit for transportation in a commuter highway vehicle and any transit pass is $340.—
KELLY PHILLIPS ERB,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Commerce and Civil Aviation Adviser Sk Bashir Uddin said a probe had been launched to determine the cause of the fire, while assuring businesses that the firefighting response had been immediate—with 37 units deployed to control the blaze.—
Mayu Saini,
Sourcing Journal,
20 Oct. 2025
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The key is going after the criminal element aggressively, assuring public safety totally, and helping addicts recover.—
Joe Dwinell,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus a month ago today, has asked a judge for permission to wear civilian clothes in court and to appear without shackles and cuffs.—
Michael Ruiz , Lee Ross,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Casual killings at point-blank range, vicious motorcycle jackings, tossing someone off a building, assassinating the actual Mark Cuban (playing himself) — this, in the movie, is what the good guys do.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The Northwest Passage Act, which offered a reward to any Briton who could chart a shipping route through Arctic Canada to Asia, had been repealed in 1818.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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While starter credit cards still exist, beginner cards are becoming increasingly restrictive, and come with high trade-offs such as high interest rates and minimal rewards.—
Anna Kleiber,
jsonline.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Through several calculations of length, width, and depth, Manzur achieves these different sizes while guaranteeing that each basin can hold an equivalent volume of water.—
Mario Rodriguez,
Miami Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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The suites' signature amenity is the round-the-clock butler service, guaranteeing guests access to exclusive events, tours, and restaurants in the city.—
David Morris,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Unfortunately, the serial killer known as John Doe is ritualistically slaying victims by turning the seven deadly sins into symbolic, atrocious murders.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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The serpent-slaying formula likely traces back to an old Indo-European myth.—
Manvir Singh,
New Yorker,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Icing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/icing. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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