powdered

past tense of powder

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Recent Examples of powdered The woman’s head of auburn curls, so neatly assembled and without a hair out of place, was flung to the side and her cheek, powdered with rouge, was now as red as a sunset. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026 And then Hegseth was off to be powdered and rouged and hair-slicked. — Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 25 July 2026 The packets are filled with powdered, crystalized lime and taste like a fresh squeeze. — Abbey Stone, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 May 2026 Each day, an FX makeup team used around 400 prosthetics on the passengers, and made 3,000 gel capsules filled with sodium bicarbonate, citric acid and red powdered Kool-Aid. — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 6 Mar. 2026 Here, her lips were potent, and her blush was equally so, powdered all over the rounds of her cheeks. — Essence, 23 Jan. 2026 Matcha, the Japanese powdered green tea that is used during the ceremony, has entered the global marketplace. — The Conversation, 7 Jan. 2026 To achieve professional-looking velvet nails, keep in mind that the most intense tones (such as reds, greens, or blues amplify the depth), while in soft colors like gray, beige or powdered pink, the texture becomes more discreet but just as elegant. — Laura Solla, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for powdered
Verb
  • Georgia crushed Philo’s confidence, intercepting him twice in three series.
    — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Trump endorsed Hilton, who finished second in the June primary and was predictably crushed Tuesday by California’s governor-elect, Xavier Becerra.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Rain pounded the region on Sunday, and one of the pilots reported icing conditions at a high altitude in communications with air traffic control.
    — David Fischer, Chicago Tribune, 2 Nov. 2026
  • Rain pounded the region on Sunday, and one of the pilots told air traffic control about icing conditions at a high altitude.
    — David Fischer, Sun Sentinel, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • This was the teams’ first meeting at T-Mobile Arena since Arizona beat UCLA in the 2023 Pac-12 tournament final for the second year in a row.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026
  • With quarterback Baker Mayfield going 0 for 3 passing, Tampa Bay beat the Atlanta Falcons, 16-0, producing one of the NFL’s strangest box scores in decades — and winning a game in a manner that had essentially disappeared from modern football.
    — Francesca Ebel, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Yet some of Bass’ political relationships disintegrated during her four-year term, at times in dramatic ways.
    — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2026
  • Last time Brooklyn took the court, its offense had disintegrated into an 11-point fourth quarter against the Knicks.
    — C.J. Holmes, New York Daily News, 5 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Pulse for a few seconds in intervals until the ingredients are pulverized into a smooth paste.
    — Rachel Gurjar, Bon Appetit Magazine, 30 Oct. 2026
  • They are made from the partial remains of tens and sometimes hundreds of thousands of individuals’ cremated remains that have been pulverized into fine ash before being compressed into sculptures.
    — Mimi Hanaoka, The Conversation, 21 Oct. 2026
Verb
  • The closest competitor to Starship, at least in the Earth-orbit launch market, is Blue Origin’s New Glenn, but that rocket exploded on its Cape Canaveral launchpad during a May 28 hotfire test and remains grounded.
    — Ramin Skibba, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2026
  • In this Friday, April 26, 2019 file photo, SAS planes are grounded at Oslo Gardermoen airport during pilots strikes, in Oslo, Norway.
    — Kirsten Grieshaber, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026

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“Powdered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powdered. Accessed 11 Nov. 2026.

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