Thesaurus results for PEELER

peeler

noun

Definition of peeler

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as in copper

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Recent Examples of peeler The skin can be removed using a paring knife or vegetable peeler, and the flesh can be sliced into rounds or half-moons, chopped finely or coarsely, or even cut into fun shapes with cookie cutters. — Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 26 May 2026 For an easy way to create Parmesan slices instead of grated cheese, simply use a potato peeler to shave thin strips directly from the wedge. — Linda Gassenheimer, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026 Using a vegetable peeler, shave Parmesan generously over everything. — Carole Kotkin, Miami Herald, 18 Mar. 2026 Because citrus zest and peel are best when fresh, make sure the fruit is clean and shiny before pulling out your Microplane or vegetable peeler, even if the fruit is organic. — Gretchen McKay, Twin Cities, 30 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for peeler

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Noun

The opposite surface is hydrophobic and incorporates copper oxide nanoparticles coated with a carbon shell, which are embedded within a nanofiber layer.

— Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 2 Aug. 2026
By the end of the decade, the subterranean copper coaxial cable networks were on the verge of saturation, so some way had to be found to move all that telecommunications traffic in and out of central London.

— David Szondy August 01, New Atlas, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of copper

Noun

Thompson alerted a town administrator and special constable named Sherise Fountain, who went to investigate.

— Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026
Authorities offered their sympathies to McKnight’s family, everyone at the constable’s office, and those who knew and loved him.

— Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026

Definition of constable

Noun

Syeda Sultana, chief operating officer at the digital marketing platform Vettted, spent a decade managing a global sustainability program.

— Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026
As officers worked to disperse traffic, prosecutors allege Stacer sprayed the officers' vehicle with a fire extinguisher.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of officer

Noun

Bad cops are not being fired, and good cops who may be wrongfully accused are stuck in professional purgatory.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026
On Monday, 21-year-old Javid Edwin, accompanied by a lawyer, surrendered at the 50th Precinct stationhouse and was charged with murder, manslaughter and weapon possession, cops said.

— Rocco Parascandola, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of cop

Noun

People began rioting in Los Angeles’ predominantly Black Watts neighborhood after a crowd watched White policemen forcefully subdue a Black man.

— USA Today, USA Today, 28 July 2026
Sugar’s purpose in this earthly life — to reunite lost families in the City of Angels — is crumbling under the maddening impossibility of convicting a policeman of a crime in a world where the crime is the point.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 24 July 2026

Definition of policeman

Noun

Back at the base, the team is still bickering with the other troopers.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 2 Aug. 2026
Hicks said an off-duty state trooper and an armed citizen — whose identities weren't immediately disclosed — both fired back and diverted the gunman from the restaurant.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of trooper

Noun

Another 170 gendarmes, or law enforcement officers, have also been dispatched to the region to support the firefighting effort.

— Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 8 July 2026
Set in the lush forests and fields of northeastern France, this excitingly offbeat first feature from Sarah Arnold depicts a gory factional war between hunters and farmers, haves and have-nots, with one depressed fish-out-of-water gendarme caught in the middle.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026

Definition of gendarme

Noun

Bush and Bell both honed their leadership skills in Ferguson amid the racial unrest that followed the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer in 2014.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
For three years, Chicago police officers accused of serious misconduct have had to sit and wait for the Illinois Supreme Court to decide the future of officer discipline.

— Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of police officer

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