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Recent Examples of mace
Nutmeg trees actually produce two spices, the nut (nutmeg) and the red aril or seed covering of the nut (mace).
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Aug. 2025
Park Ridge police are investigating after a 7-Eleven convenience store was recently robbed and a clerk believed to be sprayed with mace, in an incident where cigarettes and alcohol were reported stolen.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
The victim added that she and her passenger were both struck by the mace while trying to keep the car door closed, which affected their ability to see which way Diaz Sosa fled.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 18 July 2025
Bright, medium deep purple; aromas of black currant, black plum and hints of mace, peppercorn and violet.
—Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Aug. 2025
Park Ridge police are investigating after a 7-Eleven convenience store was recently robbed and a clerk believed to be sprayed with mace, in an incident where cigarettes and alcohol were reported stolen.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
The victim added that she and her passenger were both struck by the mace while trying to keep the car door closed, which affected their ability to see which way Diaz Sosa fled.
—Nicole Acosta, People.com, 18 July 2025
Bright, medium deep purple; aromas of black currant, black plum and hints of mace, peppercorn and violet.
—Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mace
Noun
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Cover the pot and the bottom few inches of the rose canes with soil, then add a layer of mulch for insulation.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
30 Sep. 2025
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Cane sugar is a popular sweetener that comes from sugar cane or sugar beets.—
Lindsey DeSoto,
Health,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Her eyes are big and sad, and her index finger touches the tip of the nightstick hanging from the policeman’s belt.—
Daniel Alarcón,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
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This, in turn, provoked police to wade into the crowd, beating people with nightsticks.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
10 June 2025
Noun
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After Bad Bunny kicks off Season 51, SNL will pass the baton to host Amy Poehler with musical guest Role Model, followed by Sabrina Carpenter‘s double-duty takeover as both host and musical guest.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
1 Oct. 2025
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Which is why Marant and Bekker are on a Zoom call one recent morning to chat about the passing of the baton.—
Mark Holgate,
Vogue,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Hundreds of people crowded the runway to greet Ali, pushing against a cordon of soldiers armed with truncheons.—
Vann R. Newkirk II,
The Atlantic,
16 Sep. 2025
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For the Civil Rights Movement, Alabama troopers lifting truncheons to beat marchers crossing Selma's Edmund Pettus Bridge.—
Susan Page,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The announcement was not explicitly framed as a cudgel against drugmakers that had failed to agree to Trump’s previous pricing demands, but a three-year exemption from the tariffs was apparently enough to get Pfizer on board.—
Nicholas Florko,
The Atlantic,
2 Oct. 2025
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When words lose their original meanings and are repurposed as verbal cudgels, the public sphere becomes a jungle of denunciation, intimidation, and even violence.—
Ian Buruma,
New Yorker,
22 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The transformation of the rattlesnake into a colonial icon coincided with the demise of the snakes themselves as settlers began to bludgeon rattlesnakes by the thousands.—
Matthew Wills,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Aug. 2025
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While Israel was conducting its war in Gaza with a merciless bludgeon and no conception of an ending, its tactics against Hezbollah—setting off the beeper bombs, wiping out its missile stocks and weapons depots, killing its military and political leaders—proved far better targeted.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
Noun
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Large flocks of birds — or swarms of bats or insects — at the right altitude and speed reflect enough energy to appear on radar much like a storm.—
Brandi D. Addison,
The Providence Journal,
29 Sep. 2025
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Buxton needed a homer in his final at-bat to make history and came through, finishing the game 5-for-5 to complete a spectacular, healthy first half before heading home to Georgia for the All-Star Game and Home Run Derby in Atlanta.—
Dan Hayes,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Since then, billy woods has dropped Golliwog, while Elucid did the solo album Revelator.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
10 Sep. 2025
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Mountain goats, especially mature billies, are very predictable in their daily routines this time of year, Richard told me.—
Scott Haugen,
Outdoor Life,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Mace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mace. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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