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peeled

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verb

past tense of peel
as in barked
to remove the natural covering of she peels apples with lightning speed

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Recent Examples of peeled
Adjective
Purchase pre-peeled garlic cloves in bulk or peel the garlic cloves yourself using the flat side of a large knife to mash them slightly and then peel off the skins. Jenavieve Christensen, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Feb. 2026 Use pre-peeled carrots or bagged baby carrots to save prep time. Renu Dhar, Southern Living, 24 Nov. 2025
Verb
To ensure you don’t miss your $10 off Hotwire coupon code, keep your eyes peeled for the email that should arrive in your inbox shortly after signing up. Jamie Spain, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026 Keep your eyes peeled for soft launch announcements on Dan’s social media pages. Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Aug. 2026 From there, the leathery red skin is easily peeled away (or popped out by squeezing from the opposite end) to reveal the fleshy white, glossy fruit that feels sort of like a grape without the peel. Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2026 Thus, attention that might have been devoted to local coping mechanisms or new business opportunities was peeled away and newly affixed to the Prime Minister and his stalwart scientific advisors. Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 27 July 2026 Additionally, the outer layer of the produce, especially if cut or bruised, should be peeled away immediately. Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 24 July 2026 North America is actually expected to get this model, so interested parties should keep their eyes peeled. Adam Ismail, The Drive, 22 July 2026 Iowa Democrats, for example, peeled the names of Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson off of their annual party dinner in 2015, citing their slave ownership and leadership during times of government seizure of Native American land. David Weigel, semafor.com, 21 July 2026 Dirt and bacteria on the skin can transfer to the flesh when the tomato is cut or peeled. Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 17 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for peeled
Adjective
  • The fact that my life is so exposed is incredibly complex for me.
    Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
  • What information the Paidwork leak reportedly exposed The exposed information appears to reach far beyond email addresses.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Mike Vrabel barked out instruction during a situational period working end-of-half plays, including one Hail Mary.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Her dog barked, and Vera went to say hello, scratching the mutt between the ears.
    Eric Boodman, STAT, 31 July 2026
Adjective
  • There, too, cafés have been pressured to refuse to serve uncovered women, a young woman who recently traveled there told me.
    Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
  • But most wrecks of slave ships remain uncovered on the coast.
    Amara Evering, Miami Herald, 11 July 2026
Adjective
  • Instead of feet of snow covering the landscape, mountaintops remained bare.
    Bloomberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026
  • The opposite coast felt like the bare minimum required to outrun what happened to me — the accident that almost killed me; the way everyone in Irvine looked at me after, like I was made of glass and might shatter without warning.
    Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 10 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Selling youth players has proved profitable for many other Premier League sides and there has been speculation this week over the future of Myles Lewis-Skelly, while his fellow academy graduate Ethan Nwaneri is someone the club are open to selling.
    Kaya Kaynak, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Anna’s sheer lace dress with a huge keyhole in the front and an open back is fine but also like a million other dresses; the same goes for Jude’s nicely constructed, but very familiar, black velvet dress with a corset.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2026
Adjective
  • Compared to Chalamet, another leading man with great range but more naked ambition than Pattinson, the British star’s self-effacing personality comes across as more endearing, Weekman believes.
    David Mack, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
  • There was Adriana de Moura’s method in the Hamptons, which entailed getting naked in a bathtub to mark her territory.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2026

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“Peeled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/peeled. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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