Thesaurus results for PASTED

pasted

verb

past tense of paste

as in whipped

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 slapped

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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Recent Examples of pasted New York beat San Antonio in the NBA Cup final in December, narrowly lost at San Antonio 134-132 on New Year’s Eve, and then pasted the Spurs 114-89 in early March — San Antonio’s worst loss of the season. —

John Hollinger, New York Times, 2 June 2026 Every search tool, every formatter, every API wrapper gets copy-pasted into yet another agent. —

Ambika Saklani Bhardwaj, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026 On top of all this, Apple says the warnings will definitely pop up if a command that’s been pasted in Terminal is known to be malicious. —

Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 7 May 2026 While traditional wallpaper is meticulously pasted to a wall, peel-and-stick attaches quickly with an adhesive backing. —

Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 16 Apr. 2026 They were raised in congressional hearings and pasted on posters in anti-ICE demonstrations. —

Mica Rosenberg, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2026 To keep your space from feeling like it was copied and pasted from a furniture store display, prioritize one-of-a-kind pieces of different scales, textures, and pattern. —

Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2026 Now that Patterson has his way, the lines intersect with the horizontal last name that’s pasted on the front of the helmet and are one example of a practical change Patterson has made to improve fundamental technique and communication on the defense. —

Haley Sawyer, Oc Register, 11 Mar. 2026 Frances Mitnick, 81, Boston-born, fights back with $300 worth of silver and gold glitter, pasted on the lobby walls from floor to ceiling. —

Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2026

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The combination of sugar snap peas and whipped tofu with a sizzling oil drizzle is a meatless stunner.

— Ellie Krieger, Washington Post, 10 June 2026
Merchants in fine suits rode in carriages or on sedan chairs while enslaved people lugging carts and crates wore dirty, threadbare clothing and could be publicly whipped or burned to death for misbehavior.

— Livia Gershon, JSTOR Daily, 9 June 2026