as in fried
being under the influence of alcohol
work was so awful that I'm just going to go out and get potted tonight
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Recent Examples of potted
Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2025
The roots of potted plants are not as well insulated and need protection is areas colder than Zone 7.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
The list included pens, soda cans, a potted cactus, a shovel, books, a BBQ scraper, a game controller and even a roll of paper towels.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 12 July 2025
Despite his honours — the four Vuelta titles, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, three stages of the Tour, as a potted summary — Roglic’s disappointments are public and visceral.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 5 July 2025
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Verb
Ikea’s fan-favorite Strelitzia plant is a particularly good option for creating visual interest with your potted plants.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2025
The roots of potted plants are not as well insulated and need protection is areas colder than Zone 7.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 28 July 2025
The list included pens, soda cans, a potted cactus, a shovel, books, a BBQ scraper, a game controller and even a roll of paper towels.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 12 July 2025
Despite his honours — the four Vuelta titles, Liege-Bastogne-Liege, three stages of the Tour, as a potted summary — Roglic’s disappointments are public and visceral.
—Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 5 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potted
Adjective
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Purple dough is wrapped around a juicy, savory filling and pan-fried to perfection.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
29 Aug. 2025
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Of course, fried chicken, instant ramen, soda, and chips share a certain inherent junkiness.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
23 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The round of 16 and beyond is seeded, meaning the teams who finish first and second in the league phase cannot meet until the final.—
Jack Bantock,
New York Times,
27 Aug. 2025
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After beginning the year ranked 333rd in the world, Mboko has surged to 24th and arrives in New York City as a potential dark horse for the US Open, where she is seeded (22nd) in the main draw of a major for the first time.—
Max Gao,
Vogue,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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In Aurora, some of the attendees became drunk and rowdy.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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She is raped, half-drunk, at a party and bites off a piece of her attacker’s ear.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The concern is that whatever AI safeguards might have been put in place are insufficient and are allowing people to incur mental harm while using generative AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The siblings put in $15,000 of their own money as an initial investment.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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His arrival home each night is announced by his sputtering motorcycle and his drunken stumbling up the stairs.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
4 Sep. 2025
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The data, which is from the past three years and from LendingTree’s proprietary database, includes recent traffic incidents and violations such as accidents, drunken driving arrests and speeding tickets.—
Carolyn Stein,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That tree, which was planted back in 1832, becomes the connective tissue literally, biologically and possibly metaphysically, between Tony and two scientists who preceded him at the same institution.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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The nursery has cleared water-thirsty plants and planted 100,000 indigenous trees since 2012.—
Heather Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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An in-use wiping cloth should still be wet and somewhat clean from being in a sanitizing solution when at rest.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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My parents drilled this into me.—
Kendra MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Jake Cronenworth drilled a comebacker off Brown’s leg for an RBI single.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Potted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potted. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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