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Recent Examples of molder Ground nubbins of paprika, cumin, sage and black pepper that have moldered into flavorless, colored molecules. Scott Hocker, theweek, 23 Dec. 2024 After a snack in the exhibit’s café, we were fortified to wander our way back to the hotel, stopping by famous bookstore Libreria Acqua Alta to visit the shop cats and climb the moldering tower of books out back. Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024 These curious creations are bizarre, charming, and edgy enough to keep you glued to the couch, whether that’s in your tidy condo or a moldering gothic mansion. Sara Netzley, EW.com, 21 Sep. 2024 Here, in a rental property stuffed with flowered, moldering upholstery, Patti is joined by fellow coaches Ann (Purva Bedi), Cornelia (Becca Lish), and Velma (Susannah Millonzi) — each with her own specialization and her own covetous yearning for Dr. Martin’s favor. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 7 June 2024 See All Example Sentences for molder
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Verb
  • O’Steen bludgeoned Marissa Grimes, dug a shallow grave for her under his house in west Fort Worth and for 10 days lived above where police later sawed open the floor to expose Grimes’ decomposing 135-pound body, prosecutors have argued that the evidence shows.
    Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Two people discovered badly decomposed human remains while doing a walkthrough of a home for sale in Ohio, police told news outlets.
    Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Check each tomato for pest damage or disease such as blossom end rot.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
  • It can also be used to describe the brain-rotting content itself.
    Safiyah Riddle, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These plans disintegrated in the wake of the October 7 Hamas attacks on southern Israel, which killed 1,200 people and resulted in the taking of 251 hostages.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 8 Sep. 2025
  • But explaining Dyer’s motivations in the face of a disintegrating family portrayed in & Sons remains a bit of an uphill climb for Nighy.
    Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Colorful spots on Cheyava Falls contain the mineral greigite, which some microbes on Earth excrete, and vivianite, which is often found around decaying organic matter.
    David W. Brown, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The rest resides for a time in lumber, which in the case of redwood is mostly used for picnic tables, fences and decks that all too soon decay and release the remaining carbon.
    John P. O’Brien, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This breathtaking image from James Sinclair gives us a detailed view of a section of the sun's atmosphere known as the chromosphere — a chaotic region where hydrogen and helium plasma is molded and reshaped by our star's ever-shifting magnetic field.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The soft insoles molded to my feet like slippers, and the nubuck leather was perfect out of the box without a long and painful break-in period.
    Alice Bennett, Travel + Leisure, 11 Sep. 2025

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“Molder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/molder. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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