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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. 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
  • This is the kind of guy who kicks down a door and busts somebody’s kidney with a crowbar.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Furthermore, Anarumo has been praised throughout his career for never caring about a player’s resume and simply playing the best guys.
    James Boyd, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Police described Taylor as a Black male who is 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighs 200 pounds.
    Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Upon arrival, an officer made contact with the woman and the male, identified as Sligh, on the sidewalk in the 400 block of Morrison.
    Steven Mross, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Mid-Century Modern follows three gay gentlemen of a certain age (Lane, Bomer, Graham) who, after an unexpected death, decide to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs, where the wealthiest one lives with his mother (Lavin).
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Matisse dressed the part of a British gentleman and gazed at his conversation partners with a serenity that bordered on a trance.
    Christopher C. Gorham September 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Anyhoodle, the three dudes went to a clearing and saw hanging net buckets and a stack of coconuts.
    Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The Rams have only allowed 46 total receiving yards to running backs this season, but the modern-day Matt Forte is just a different dude.
    Brad Evans, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025

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“Joe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joe. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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