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as in to whip
to defeat by a large margin
with the economy having gone south, it was hardly surprising that the incumbent party got pasted in the general election
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as in to slap
to deliver a blow to (someone or something) usually in a strong vigorous manner
pasted the soccer ball halfway across the field
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as in epoxy
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Recent Examples of paste
Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
Almond butter is a creamy spread made by grinding whole raw or roasted almonds into a smooth or slightly textured paste.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Su gives the example of one of Scale’s clients, which had built four chatbots for slightly different tasks, forcing staff to constantly copy and paste between them.
—Harry Booth, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Keeping the posting itself is the gold standard for tracking online applications, whether that’s via hard copy, copy-and-paste, or a screen shot.
—Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025
Almond butter is a creamy spread made by grinding whole raw or roasted almonds into a smooth or slightly textured paste.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
So, uh, maybe don’t paste your customer database in Claude or Perplexity, OK?
—Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2025
Su gives the example of one of Scale’s clients, which had built four chatbots for slightly different tasks, forcing staff to constantly copy and paste between them.
—Harry Booth, Time, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paste
Verb
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The photo of Chastain whipping off her jersey, shouting in triumph, her sinewy arms flexed, was immediately historic.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
27 Oct. 2025
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Leafs forward Dakota Joshua weaved through Buffalo’s defensive zone coverage without much resistance and then whipped an off-balance shot toward the net.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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He's also accused of slapping a nearby female passenger and trying to hit a crew member.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
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The 28-year-old allegedly went on to slap a female passenger to his left and attempted to slap a crew member.—
Latoya Gayle,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The saloon bar’s eye-popping, maple, epoxy countertop was custom-made in Oklahoma and features a meandering blue river inlaid with real gold nuggets and rocks to represent the iconic American River.—
David Caraccio,
Sacbee.com,
25 Oct. 2025
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Using Sonny Angel collectibles as a base, Santos customizes each figurine with paint and epoxy sculpt clay to reflect the look and style of each of her subjects.—
Noor Lobad,
Footwear News,
11 Oct. 2025
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The only way that the uranium-lead ratio can be compatible with the hafnium in the zircons, Whitehouse argued, is if the zircons that settled in the silt had crystallized around 2.8 billion years ago, constraining the organic carbon to being no older than that.—
Howard Lee,
ArsTechnica,
11 Aug. 2025
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The gold standard and easiest way to date very old rock formations is with a very tough mineral known as a zircon.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
27 June 2025
Verb
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Researchers could run a measuring wheel across an animal’s hide and mark out units in chalk, or skin the creature and measure its surface area by hand.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Oct. 2025
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Everyone knows that some form of Hamas—skinned of the top echelon of its leadership—has survived and rules the parts of Gaza that Israel never fully occupied.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Next, a 10,000-pound concrete-and-steel battering ram was used to punch 24-foot holes through the ice, beginning at the far end of the whales' four-mile path to freedom, so as not to alarm them.—
Virginia Chamlee,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
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Following her latest pic Christy bowing at AFI Fest last week, Sydney Sweeney is looking to deliver another knockout punch with an upcoming film, and partnering with an A-list director to help deliver the blow.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Okra Okra is known for its sticky mucilage, which works as a thickening agent for stews and gumbo.—
Stephanie Brown,
Verywell Health,
19 Sep. 2025
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But lately, a lot of growers in Latin America and Africa have begun to try out natural process beans, fermenting some of the coffee berry sugars or mucilage.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
2 Sep. 2025
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The shoes featured a backless, slip-on mule design with a coordinating rhinestone ankle strap that goes across the front of the foot.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
23 Oct. 2025
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It’s designed with a V-neckline, angled pleating, and a faux-wrap bodice that’s secured with a glittering rhinestone brooch.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Paste.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paste. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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