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as in ton
a considerable amount
made a pot of money in the real estate market
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as in belly
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
vowed that he would never get a pot, that telltale sign of middle age
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Recent Examples of pot
Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Split-the-pot and raffles will be available, and attendees vote on the winner.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
Real quick Can pot smokers legally own guns?
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Using a spider or slotted spoon, transfer pasta to pot with radicchio jam and add 4 Tbsp.
—Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026
Split-the-pot and raffles will be available, and attendees vote on the winner.
—Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
Verb
Senior captain Nevin Mustone scored and dished an assist as one of four different players to pot a goal for Malden Catholic (3-0) in a 4-2 win over Nauset.
—Kristina Banahan, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
Real quick Can pot smokers legally own guns?
—Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pot
Noun
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That pool of those players (11 to 19) produced more busts or major disappointments than starters on winning teams.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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You can overnight at upscale boutique hotels like Contemplacion Resort & Spa with its cute casitas and elevated pool deck,holistic wellness resorts like Banyan Tree Veya, or the glamping-style Oeno Wine Lodge, where the hip digs are tucked right into the vineyard.—
Joe Yogerst,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Sophie attends the Bridgertons’ lavish bash in secret, donning a glittering silver gown and a matching face mask that conceals her true identity as a housemaid from the rest of the ton.—
Emlyn Travis,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Jan. 2026
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The Maid Wars While Benedict and Sophie have been honeymooning in the countryside, Sophie's absence in London causes a shocking amount of disarray in the ton.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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At the end of her list, Steinfeld included a video which showed the actress posing in the snow with her pregnant belly out as Allen kissed her stomach.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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The report, obtained by The New York Times on Friday, drew the conclusion based on computer simulations of the Boeing 737-800’s belly landing at the airport in Muan, in the country’s southwest.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Bernasconi seeded the Devil’s Place bar with 400 different whiskies from his personal collection.—
Don Tse,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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These are the rankings that will be used to place teams into divisions for the playoffs and seed the teams.—
Steve Fryer,
Oc Register,
22 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The company has been generating revenue since shortly after its founding in 2017, hauling loads for customers like Walmart in trucks with human safety drivers at the wheel.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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There are loads of cool details hidden throughout the set, too, with refuelling pipes and a moving bridge that connects the tower to the Orion module.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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She was pronounced dead after being put in an ambulance.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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One researcher, however, is putting in the scientific work to help everyone train their quiet eye.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
29 Jan. 2026
Noun
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On Friday morning local time, Ukraine’s Air Force said Russia had fired missiles and dozens of drones at targets across the country overnight.—
Hira Humayun,
CNN Money,
30 Jan. 2026
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Since the operation began last October, more than a dozen firearms have been seized, along with nearly $200,000 in illicit funds and more than 10 kilograms of cocaine, fentanyl and other narcotics, according to the FBI.—
Michael Sinkewicz,
FOXNews.com,
30 Jan. 2026
Noun
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He had been found in the snow by the motorway heading to the airport, and after his stomach had been pumped at Sabbatsberg Hospital he was taken to Beckomberga.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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After the initial stomach issues subside, the toxin continues to invade the liver cells and stops them from making RNA (ribonucleic acid), which the body needs to make healing and protective proteins.—
Amy McGorry,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Pot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pot. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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