as in soil
the loose surface material in which plants naturally grow
mold so rich that just about anything will grow in it
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as in to decompose
to go through decomposition
plants molding in the abandoned garden
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Recent Examples of mold
Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2025
Names that fit that mold are Jason Pinnock of the New York Giants, Darrick Forrest of the Washington Commanders and Avonte Maddox of the Philadelphia Eagles.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2025
Mark Travers, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
As an advocate for educational and economic empowerment in the Black community, Grant believes Freedom School courses could help mold new socially active leaders in Kansas City.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2025
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Noun
These bowls can harbor bacteria, mold, and biofilm, says Dr. Michael Hyder, DVM and Medical Director at Veterinary Emergency Group in Palo Alto.
—Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Mar. 2025
Names that fit that mold are Jason Pinnock of the New York Giants, Darrick Forrest of the Washington Commanders and Avonte Maddox of the Philadelphia Eagles.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2025
Verb
People with a strong sense of self tend to have healthier, more stable relationships, while those with low self-concept clarity are more prone to self-doubt, dependency and unconsciously molding their identity around their partner.
—Mark Travers, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
As an advocate for educational and economic empowerment in the Black community, Grant believes Freedom School courses could help mold new socially active leaders in Kansas City.
—J.m. Banks, Kansas City Star, 22 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mold
Noun
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Two dark-brown mushrooms stuck out of the damp soil.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2025
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What To Know South Florida is home to hundreds of thousands of Cubans, many of whom fled their home country and claimed immunity from immigration enforcement by having already arrived on United States soil.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Crimping is the process of severing a crop at the base and laying it over to create a decomposing thatch/mulch layer for the garden without disturbing the soil.—
Anthony Reardon,
Kansas City Star,
21 Mar. 2025
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Even after your trash can is emptied, the bacteria and decomposing debris can be left behind in trace amounts, which causes the odors to remain.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The lingering fumes of attention and magical aura somehow still surround the oddball Rodgers like the cloud of dirt around Pig-Pen in the Peanuts comic strip.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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Megan’s body was found on a narrow dirt path on March 15, 2003, in Wallkill, New York.—
Veronica Fulton,
NBC News,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The story revolves around a town where the inhabitants have been mysteriously disappearing and rumours abound that there are ghosts under the lake eating human heads and leaving the rotting corpses floating on the water’s surface.—
Liz Shackleton,
Deadline,
16 Mar. 2025
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The window company used this preservative to prevent wood rot in both the window frames and the sashes.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While driving - Stick to the middle lanes and stay on elevated ground.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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At one point, while being choked from behind, the 102-pound, 5-foot-tall 18-year-old managed to fully flip one of her attackers over, with the suspect landing on the concrete ground.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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What doesn’t decay this winter can be mulched up next spring.—
Jeff Lowenfels,
Anchorage Daily News,
22 Sep. 2022
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In particular, many theorists have wondered how the great complexity of life can be reconciled with the laws of thermodynamics that suggest that all systems must inevitably decay to a state of greatest disorder.—
The Physics arXiv Blog,
Discover Magazine,
29 Apr. 2022
Noun
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The cruise line’s private island features two freshwater lagoons, a 1.2-mile white sand beach and plenty of activities to keep busy, and will be called upon by its ships departing from Galveston, Jacksonville, Miami, Mobile, Port Canaveral, and Tampa.—
Susan B. Barnes,
Southern Living,
16 Mar. 2025
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The sand is eroded into curious little ditches, and there’s litter underfoot, the mummified remains of dead fish.—
Joyce Carol Oates,
The New Yorker,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Players like Bobby Bonilla, George Foster, Vince Coleman, Jason Bay, Justin Verlander, Kaz Matsui, and others, came to Queens with high hopes that eventually disintegrated.—
Bob Raissman,
New York Daily News,
15 Mar. 2025
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The top courses of the concrete block had disintegrated, and were nothing more than sand and small stones.—
Tim Carter,
Hartford Courant,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Mold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mold. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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