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Recent Examples of plumped
In other words, movies are being tweaked and plumped, but studios are keeping hush about how.
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Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
Shares have lost 20% of their value since July 2025, which has plumped up its static dividend to a yield of nearly 13%.
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Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Even the unassuming mound of rice proves to be plumped with seafood stock, every grain turned to gold.
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Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
But can it get plumped in post?
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Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Mar. 2026
Some, like tomatoes, can crack open if suddenly plumped up with water after struggling without it for a while.
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Marie Iannotti,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
Post application, my complexion is luminous, plumped and hydrated.
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Ellie Davis,
Vogue,
28 Oct. 2025
Shop the Laneige lip mask that editors and celebrities both use, plus the Covergirl lip gloss that plumped up Kelsea Ballerini’s pout during a PEOPLE photoshoot.
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Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Otis had won Fat Bear Week three times, but starting that year hit a dry spell in which he was constantly outshined by younger bears who plumped up with a quickness.
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Erin Berger,
Outside Online,
7 Oct. 2021
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
22 June 2026
Shares have lost 20% of their value since July 2025, which has plumped up its static dividend to a yield of nearly 13%.
—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
Even the unassuming mound of rice proves to be plumped with seafood stock, every grain turned to gold.
—
Ligaya Mishan,
New York Times,
11 May 2026
But can it get plumped in post?
—
Marina Watts,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Mar. 2026
Some, like tomatoes, can crack open if suddenly plumped up with water after struggling without it for a while.
—
Marie Iannotti,
The Spruce,
3 Mar. 2026
Post application, my complexion is luminous, plumped and hydrated.
—
Ellie Davis,
Vogue,
28 Oct. 2025
Shop the Laneige lip mask that editors and celebrities both use, plus the Covergirl lip gloss that plumped up Kelsea Ballerini’s pout during a PEOPLE photoshoot.
—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
6 Oct. 2025
Otis had won Fat Bear Week three times, but starting that year hit a dry spell in which he was constantly outshined by younger bears who plumped up with a quickness.
—
Erin Berger,
Outside Online,
7 Oct. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plumped
Verb
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Soccer has a viable home, and a secure footprint in the United States, which was the goal when FIFA plopped its World Cup here for the first time in 1994.
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But by April, a high pressure system plopped itself on Central Florida and the rainy weather came to a sudden halt, as if a faucet had suddenly been shut off.
Verb
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The governor, at first, tossed the question to Energy and Environmental Affairs Secretary Rebecca Tepper.
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But the referee caught him and tossed him from the match.
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“Plumped.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plumped. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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