as in exposed
lacking a usual or natural covering
a peeled banana
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Recent Examples of peeled
Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Hours later, the band confirmed their residency with a video of the orange being peeled to reveal the members alongside the date tickets go on sale.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
The curtain peeled back to reveal a beaming Carpenter, who was clad in a sparkly black dress and heels.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Oct. 2025
Yet in the doc, her years of control over her image are peeled away to reveal a woman who, in her 50s, has been delivered from the debilitating need for public approval.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Overnight in a houseboat at Mangrove Marina and keep your eyes peeled for manatee sightings.
—Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Keep your eyes peeled for other seasonal fragrances to be released throughout the holiday season, including Cozy Winter Cottage.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Physical pieces can still be peeled from packaging and scanned into the app, while digital pieces appear automatically with certain app orders.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
There are many layers that get peeled back in this wise film.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Verb
Wildlife can often be found around the trail so keep your eyes peeled.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 10 Oct. 2025
Hours later, the band confirmed their residency with a video of the orange being peeled to reveal the members alongside the date tickets go on sale.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 10 Oct. 2025
The curtain peeled back to reveal a beaming Carpenter, who was clad in a sparkly black dress and heels.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Oct. 2025
Yet in the doc, her years of control over her image are peeled away to reveal a woman who, in her 50s, has been delivered from the debilitating need for public approval.
—Raven Smith, Vogue, 8 Oct. 2025
Overnight in a houseboat at Mangrove Marina and keep your eyes peeled for manatee sightings.
—Teaghan Skulszki, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Keep your eyes peeled for other seasonal fragrances to be released throughout the holiday season, including Cozy Winter Cottage.
—Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Physical pieces can still be peeled from packaging and scanned into the app, while digital pieces appear automatically with certain app orders.
—Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025
There are many layers that get peeled back in this wise film.
—Randy Myers, Mercury News, 30 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeled
Adjective
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The eggs are the first fossils to be reliably dated from the Qinglongshan fossil reserve, which includes three sites containing more than 3,000 eggs, the majority of which are semi-exposed and preserved in 3D, with their original shapes largely intact.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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Showcase the Apple iPhone Air’s slim design while protecting it with this bumper that leaves the front and back exposed.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Another nearby dog has barked since Mancl and his wife moved in four years ago.—
Gina Lee Castro,
jsonline.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Toward the end of his game-winning drive Sunday, Mac Jones received the play from the sideline, barked it to teammates, then turned to one of his two favorite targets on the day, Christian McCaffrey.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The victims were shot in an uncovered sallyport at the facility, officials said.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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This design also eliminates the need for an uncovered straw hole, making the bottle completely leak-free when the lid is locked.—
Maggie Horton,
PEOPLE,
19 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The white bare trees evoke the antlers featured in the background of this sequence from 1952's Lovely to Look At, which Duquette designed specially with Vincente Minnelli (who directed only this scene in the Mervyn LeRoy film).—
Maureen Lee Lenker,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Oct. 2025
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With the country music landscape now punctuated by a generation of young songwriters laying bare personal trauma and intense heartache, Whitcomb wanted his first full-length to capture his life so far, darkness be damned.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Meanwhile, other companies still aren’t so open to the idea.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
12 Oct. 2025
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Kaiser said in a notice to patients that its hospitals and medical offices would remain open in the event of a strike, but that the health system may reschedule some non-urgent appointments or elective surgeries.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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All of this was based on intuition and the naked eye.—
Phil Hay,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
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Of all the planets visible in the night sky, either with the naked eye or the aid of a powerful telescope, none is more recognizable or iconic than Saturn.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
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“Peeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeled. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.
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