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Recent Examples of mashed
Canned beans are a natural fit for comforting soups and stews, chilis, braises, or recipes where the beans are mashed or blended before using.
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Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
The base is familiar — creamy yolks mashed with mayonnaise and coarse mustard — but the magic is in the mix-ins and toppings.
—Laura McLively, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
Bananas and peanut butter, in particular, allow for tablets or capsules to be mashed in.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
They can be sliced or mashed for toast, blended into smoothies, or chopped into salads and grain bowls.
—Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 11 Feb. 2026
This hearty winter veggie conveniently is always enjoyed cooked—upping beta carotene bioavailability—and is excellent roasted, mashed, or pureed to be added to stews, curries, baked goods, casseroles, pastas, and more.
—Christina Manian, Health, 6 Feb. 2026
Grisham mashed last year, and all of the numbers back up that his season was no fluke.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The young biker leans back and smiles at Gately and gives an affable shrug and blatts away, a halter top’s tits mashed against his back.
—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
The distillery describes it as milled, mashed, fermented, distilled, and aged on site, and highlights its use of a 500L Alembic copper pot still.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 26 Feb. 2026
The base is familiar — creamy yolks mashed with mayonnaise and coarse mustard — but the magic is in the mix-ins and toppings.
—Laura McLively, Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2026
Bananas and peanut butter, in particular, allow for tablets or capsules to be mashed in.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
They can be sliced or mashed for toast, blended into smoothies, or chopped into salads and grain bowls.
—Abby Norman, Verywell Health, 11 Feb. 2026
This hearty winter veggie conveniently is always enjoyed cooked—upping beta carotene bioavailability—and is excellent roasted, mashed, or pureed to be added to stews, curries, baked goods, casseroles, pastas, and more.
—Christina Manian, Health, 6 Feb. 2026
Grisham mashed last year, and all of the numbers back up that his season was no fluke.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
The young biker leans back and smiles at Gately and gives an affable shrug and blatts away, a halter top’s tits mashed against his back.
—Hermione Hoby, New Yorker, 26 Jan. 2026
The distillery describes it as milled, mashed, fermented, distilled, and aged on site, and highlights its use of a 500L Alembic copper pot still.
—Joseph V Micallef, Forbes.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mashed
Verb
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The fluctuations hint at an episodic, external source—potentially eruptions from a sort of super-Io satellite being tidally squeezed by its hefty planetary host.—
Phil Plait,
Scientific American,
27 Feb. 2026
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Small businesses, squeezed by the tariffs, may be forced to absorb the loss.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
Verb
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In the 2024 election, Malliotakis crushed her Democratic challenger by a wide margin.—
Dan Mangan,
CNBC,
2 Mar. 2026
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Lor’s diving dominance Champlin Park freshman Pengxu Lor crushed the competition in the 1-meter diving finals.—
Andrew Cornelius,
Twin Cities,
1 Mar. 2026
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“Mashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mashed. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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