pastes 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of paste
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pastes

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noun

plural of paste

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of pastes
Noun
The sequencer pastes together the strings and the quality scores, along with some other metadata, read by read, to form what is called a FASTQ file. Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pastes
Verb
  • Ukraine bombs Russian energy infrastructure to defend civilians and destroy the Kremlin war machine.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Remind them their worth is non-negotiable When your child fails — gets cut from the team, bombs a test — remind them their value isn't up for debate.
    Jennifer Breheny Wallace, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • As the scrum disperses, D’Angelo turns to you and slaps you five.
    Touré, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
  • By the end, only one of the assassins is alive; Brian ties him to a tree and slaps him around a bit, demanding to know who hired him.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In the video, Campos whips her long hair in disbelief.
    Christina Noriega, Refinery29, 13 Oct. 2025
  • So unless Benito uncharacteristically whips out a slate of cover songs, his set will be entirely in Spanish.
    Maya Georgi, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Founded in 1777, Lexington is home to both Washington & Lee University and Virginia Military Institute (VMI), and the presence of the universities no doubt plays a part in a cultural richness that punches above its weight class for a tiny town of just 7,000 people.
    Heather Bien, Southern Living, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Russia will not stop unless someone bigger and tougher than them punches him in the nose.
    Michele Kelemen, NPR, 17 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Snow paints the eaves over us and dusts the clapboard under the window.
    Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Trails remain accessible, wildlife is still active and early snow dusts the surrounding Chugach Mountains.
    Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This week, Megan Thee Stallion enters her lover girl era, Hayley Williams throws it back to Paramore’s After Laughter heyday with a funky love song, and Demi Lovato hits the club or her new not-that-deep studio album.
    Rolling Stone, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2025
  • New Delhi pollution hits five-year high Air pollution in New Delhi hit a five-year high this week, as Diwali fireworks combined with farming fires to shroud the city in a toxic haze.
    Ben Smith, semafor.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The carry handles each have a magnetic piece that then clips together to form a single bar to grasp.
    Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Sep. 2025
  • For messing up, Martha clips Gabriel’s wings, forcing him to live life as a human, with a new casual wardrobe to match and a taste for fast food.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Similarly, solid additives like fillers or glues may remain as contaminants.
    Srishti Gupta, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Our Top Picks From quick-dry formulas perfect for beginners to long-lasting bond-and-seal systems built for days of wear, these are the best eyelash glues worth adding to your makeup kit.
    Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 25 Sep. 2025

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“Pastes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pastes. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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