Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peculates
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Others will be displaced by AI that takes over processes which no longer require human intervention.—
Hugh Son,
CNBC,
30 Sep. 2025 -
Scott Rudin’s Little Bear Ridge Road takes over the theater next.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) preempts states from enacting laws that conflict with ERISA on regulated benefit plans.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Story editing is a form of self-talk that preempts your under-estimator from seizing control with its bludgeoning feedback.—
Bryan Robinson,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
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The woman — a US citizen, according to the Department of Homeland Security — had rammed her car into a federal law enforcement vehicle, the complaint claims.—
Karina Tsui,
CNN Money,
5 Oct. 2025
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Neutrogena Triple Age Repair Face Moisturizer The Triple Age Repair Moisturizer claims to deliver a noticeable difference within four weeks, but many shoppers saw results even sooner.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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Continue reading … DRUG WAR VICTORY – Task force seizes enough cocaine 'to kill every American' in record efforts.—
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FOXNews.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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Against her will, Fadia becomes trapped in an asylum while her cousin seizes her inheritance, depriving her of even her right to grieve.—
Jenny S. Li,
Variety,
21 Sep. 2025
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Each of the casitas at Los Milics has a living room that converts to a bedroom.—
Richard Ruelas,
AZCentral.com,
4 Oct. 2025
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Taiwan converts time into a weapon by turning drones into throughput problems, from design to fab to field to refresh.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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However, because capital appropriates the powers of living labor to itself, the distinctiveness of the latter is deeply obscured.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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Braisted explained that the school district answers to the state, which appropriates most federal funding for MNPS.—
Evan Mealins,
The Tennessean,
21 Aug. 2025
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When virtual particle pairs pop into existence at the edge of black holes, sometimes the black hole’s gravity grabs one partner while the other escapes.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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When Catalina goes into the kitchen to refill her calabash, Frances grabs the box of Thompson paperbacks and makes a run for Ray at the restaurant.—
Amanda Whiting,
Vulture,
1 Oct. 2025
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Russia still attaches strategic importance to this stretch of territory, since it had been pledged control of it after the 2020 war.—
Thomas de Waal,
Foreign Affairs,
22 Sep. 2025
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Dropla also created the Droplet Device – a portable AI unit that attaches to drone controllers, allowing soldiers to detect mines on supply routes in real time.—
David Kirichenko,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Peculates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peculates. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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