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or maculated
as in soiled
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for maculate
Adjective
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Quick wash is best for lightly worn clothes, not heavily soiled or stained items.—
Marisa Suzanne Martin,
The Spruce,
29 May 2026 -
Students who cannot afford menstrual products are often forced to rely on toilet paper, remain in soiled clothing, leave school early, or miss school altogether.—
Gale Brewer,
New York Daily News,
28 May 2026
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That wasn’t its only subject; comedy and power and misogyny and creativity and intergenerational conflict and work ethic and, especially in its last few seasons, the debased state of the entertainment industry were all richly explored through lines.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
29 May 2026
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And this has lent Margot a debased sort of celebrity.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
6 Apr. 2026
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His powerful and begrimed hands cradled each item as delicately as a bird’s egg before squaring it away.—
Kent Russell,
Harper's Magazine,
11 May 2022
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In a theatre that admits no light or sound from the outside world, the audience watches as poor, begrimed laborers and criminals are pushed onstage to shoot their kids and stab their teachers.—
Merve Emre,
The New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2021
Adjective
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Tensions first escalated over Memorial Day weekend when hundreds of detainees went on a hunger strike to protest spoiled food and wretched conditions, some of their lawyers said.—
Gloria Pazmino,
CNN Money,
30 May 2026
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Rebellions were common and pitted spoiled students against helpless teachers.—
Thomas Adam,
The Conversation,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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The Twits, simply trying to promote their befouled business interests, launch a campaign to restore past greatness.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Sep. 2019
Adjective
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Reese was fouled and made one of the two shots, and the Dream recovered the rebound.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
24 May 2026
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No one falls in this year’s playoffs on non-fouled, fouled and all shots combined than SGA.—
Jon Root OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
22 May 2026
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Clark has a lot in common with Sam Neill’s corrupted scientist in Event Horizon.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
29 May 2026
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His corrupted Justice Department sought to get Peters sprung from Colorado prison, presumably to set her loose from a federal facility.—
Mark Barabak,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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“Maculate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/maculate. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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