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Recent Examples of plasters
Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Their technique also involves working with a variety of unexpected materials like plasters, metallic powders and even coffee powder.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Paige makes her own plasters, adding her own pigments to a marble plaster base.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Noun
Mahmood said the company has already raised $175,000 for the project and that his team is building a series of plasters, Bloomberg reported.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Their technique also involves working with a variety of unexpected materials like plasters, metallic powders and even coffee powder.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Paige makes her own plasters, adding her own pigments to a marble plaster base.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plasters
Noun
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This is commonly used in medical dressings today.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Feb. 2026
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Cooked spinach is delicious in egg recipes, rice dishes, pastas, casseroles, soups, smoothies, dips, dressings, and sauces.—
Christina Manian,
Health,
6 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The brand nails high-quality essentials that look luxe without wrecking your travel budget.—
Claire Gallam,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Feb. 2026
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The voice cast led by McLaughlin nails it as well and includes cameos from Jennifer Hudson to Jelly Roll.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The selection features body washes and creams, hand soaps and sanitizers, fine fragrance mists, lip glosses, candles, and decorative accessories.—
Katie Decker-Jacoby,
StyleCaster,
11 Feb. 2026
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Pharmacy technician students practice compounding mock medications such as lip balms and creams.—
Wilborn P. Nobles III,
Dallas Morning News,
10 Feb. 2026
Verb
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The five pieces offer, in turn, biomorphic hints of de Kooning, the ragged shapes of Clyfford Still, the bold geometries of Ellsworth Kelly, the paint smears of Gerhard Richter, and something that looks like toothpaste squeezed onto an orange peel.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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Teachers Union leader Randi Weingarten smears Trump voters as fascists!—
The Hill,
The Hill,
1 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The episode officially anoints a new captain for the 118 — and sees Harry considering a life fighting fires.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Nov. 2025
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The Swedish institution often anoints writers who metabolize their specific histories into memorable language that stretches beyond borders and governments, transcending regional particulars.—
Walt Hunter,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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As the water is likely to demonstrate as Erin batters the coast, the islands face threats not only from the ocean, but also from the large bodies of water to the west, the Albemarle, Pamlico and Currituck Sounds.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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Thousands are without power in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Erin batters the Caribbean with heavy rainfall and gusty winds.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Page Six gets a Hollywood edition Papps declined last week to reveal what stories his reporters were chasing and what bombs the political columnists will throw in its first editions.—
Christopher Weber,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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If Venezuela and its region instead spiral into chaos and suffering, Trump will merely look like a bully, a president who cowers when facing the mighty — in Moscow or Beijing, say — but bombs those who can’t return fire, whether in Nigeria, Yemen or Venezuela.—
Andreas Kluth,
Boston Herald,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Reroll the dough sheets away from you into cylinders and loosely pinch them closed.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Dec. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Plasters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plasters. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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