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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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One thing that is permanently, forever true is that gay guys, including Mike White, are obsessed with Laura Dern.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2026
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The guy is a football junkie and plays with the timing and rhythm.—
Ryan Canfield,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Many girls even change in their cars before games to avoid sharing locker rooms with biological males.—
Jemma Stephenson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 May 2026
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Investigators said officers found one person, an adult male, inside the vehicle that had crashed head-on into a tree in the median.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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The gentleman sitting next to me in the helicopter is monitoring both the pilot’s flight path and the weather from an app on his phone.—
Viju Mathew,
Robb Report,
25 Apr. 2026
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The wine steward came to our table with a bottle of wine, saying that a gentleman at another table would be honored to present this to me and my friends.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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As the surfing continued, vendors set up booths on the grassy knoll just off the beach, Hodad’s sold burgers from a portable outdoor kitchen and skater dudes built ramps in the beach parking lot for the Sunday skateboarding competition.—
Tony Le Calvez,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 May 2026
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So, in the first movie, Vader is just some dude who betrayed Ben, killed Anakin, and now just kind of hangs out at the Death Star to motivate and/or intimidate the military.—
Mike Ryan,
IndieWire,
4 May 2026
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“Joe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joe. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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