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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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You guys went to see him and also gave his son a scholarship.—
Andrea Flores,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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One guy has a hairnet, but that’s about it.—
Akash Kapur,
New Yorker,
12 May 2026
Noun
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Like seahorses, females are larger and males brood eggs, Short says.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
15 May 2026
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Witnesses reported seeing a group of males fighting in the area just before the incident.—
Jason Green,
Mercury News,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Either way, Netflix respectfully disagrees with the honorable gentleman from the former Republic of Texas, to put it nicely.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
11 May 2026
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This gentleman, unfortunately, succumbed to natural causes.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
9 May 2026
Noun
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That’s as intimidating as white dudes get…sad.—
Malina Saval,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Alas, it's written in the stars that Lex is meant to be Supe's greatest nemesis and a stereotypical terrible rich dude in the end.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
13 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Joe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joe. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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