Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plugging (away)
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On the streets of Caracas, word of the US strike is on everyone’s lips, but beyond being a popular talking point most people here are keeping calm and carrying on – while doing their best to stay afloat.—
Andrew Raine,
CNN Money,
4 Sep. 2025 -
More than just another bourbon For the Jackson Purchase team, making bourbon is about carrying on a legacy of distillation in Kentucky and supporting the local community.—
Olivia Evans,
The Courier-Journal,
22 Aug. 2025
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Adam was pitching in the top of the seventh inning when Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson sent a ground ball up the middle.—
Dennis Lin,
New York Times,
2 Sep. 2025
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Schwarber crushed four home runs against Atlanta Braves pitching in his first five at-bats, becoming only the 21st player in Major League Baseball history to reach the mark.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Aug. 2025
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The country traditionalist has quickly achieved a high level of success in the genre despite only putting out his second major-label album at the end of August, past the end of the eligibility period.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
8 Sep. 2025
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Once the plant stops putting out new foliage in the fall, its productive life cycle is over.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
7 Sep. 2025
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Once the target audience for novelists, boys and young men are much more likely to spend time gaming than plowing through 400 pages of anything.—
Doug McIntyre,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
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The key policy lever which could attract private sector investment is plowing more public moneys into development, Guiney argued.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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“Plugging (away).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plugging%20%28away%29. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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