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Recent Examples of joe
Get The Recipe 09 of 42 Sloppy Joe Casserole With Dinner Rolls
Sloppy joes get revamped into a tasty, straight-from-the-oven meal.
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Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024
We may be stuck in gloomy, grimy post-Brexit London, surrounded by corporatized institutions more dangerous than terrorist networks, but there are still MI5 joes to root for who get out of scrapes and gun battles and somehow save the day.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
Check out their favorite projects, mastered with the help of YouTube, and see how two average joes made this redo not only doable but done.
Project 1: Refreshing the Exterior
The first renovation on the list: a fresh coat of paint.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
Athletes project regular-joe public images while living amid yacht-and-helicopter splendor.
—New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024
We may be stuck in gloomy, grimy post-Brexit London, surrounded by corporatized institutions more dangerous than terrorist networks, but there are still MI5 joes to root for who get out of scrapes and gun battles and somehow save the day.
—Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023
Check out their favorite projects, mastered with the help of YouTube, and see how two average joes made this redo not only doable but done.
Project 1: Refreshing the Exterior
The first renovation on the list: a fresh coat of paint.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
Athletes project regular-joe public images while living amid yacht-and-helicopter splendor.
—New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joe
Noun
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This made sense: the Pope from Buenos Aires was, by nature, an urban guy.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
27 Apr. 2025
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Defending – defending these – this guy who is in El Salvador, who’s not an American citizen.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The outlet reported that an 18-year-old male also sustained non-life-threatening injuries at the scene.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Together, the trio of males — Diego, E5 and a less productive E3 — joined 12 females in what became one of the most ambitious and sustained rewilding programs in history.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
Noun
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One, the foreman, is a gentleman who was born in the Dominican Republic and came to NYC in 1996.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
22 Apr. 2025
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The foundation is named for its ingenious couturier-founder, a gentleman whose love for fashion history inspired him to collect the historic and modern work of the masters of haute couture.—
Rachel Elspeth Gross,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
Noun
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His size doesn’t exactly blow you out of the water — not exactly the biggest dude at 6-foot-3 and 250 pounds — but the natural talent is special.—
Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
14 Apr. 2025
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That includes the dude competing with one arm and the other dude who when not falling repeatedly off a balance beam into the ocean was losing his grip 15 seconds into a challenge.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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“Joe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joe. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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