powdered

past tense of powder

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Recent Examples of powdered 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 My eyes scanned the faces around me, all of them powdered in ash. Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 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
  • The Endurance had been trapped in Antarctic pack ice for ten months before the pressure finally crushed its hull.
    Aytekin Tank, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • Lieberman came back, running as an independent, and crushed Lamont in the general election.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026
Verb
  • The Ukrainians have also pounded Russian refineries, resulting in more than 50% of the country's capacity coming offline, the analyst said.
    Spencer Kimball,Deena Zaidi, CNBC, 24 July 2026
  • But the Thai-style of salad—a combination of sour (som) and pounded ingredients (tam)—can be applied to a wide array of produce.
    Jesse Szewczyk, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • Add flour mixture to butter mixture; beat on low speed until just combined.
    Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 26 July 2026
  • Some may point to the fact that the man who beat Pogacar in 2022 and 2023, Danish racer Jonas Vingegaard, broke his collarbone in a crash in stage 15, which helped clear the way for the Slovenian to be first in Paris this year.
    Tom Tapp, Deadline, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • Flights in early 2025, though, ended in a series of failures including two in which the Starship upper stage disintegrated in a fiery cascade of debris across the skies visible from Florida and the Caribbean.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026
  • In the two-thousands, after the State disintegrated, Wain and two other members, Michael Showalter and Michael Ian Black, formed the trio Stella, which helped define New York’s downtown alt-comedy scene.
    Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 5 July 2026
Verb
  • When the missile came, the explosion pulverized the building so completely that many victims could not immediately be identified.
    Bilal Shbeir, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026
  • Earlier crash test footage shows crash test dummy drivers getting absolutely pulverized on impact.
    Mack DeGeurin, Popular Science, 18 June 2026
Verb
  • Per Michael Rider, white canvas shoes ground statement skirts with easy polish.
    Minty Mellon, Vogue, 23 July 2026
  • Xander Bogaerts got under a curveball hung up in the zone and flied out to start the inning before Gavin Sheets grounded a single up the middle and Freddy Fermin appeared to have made the second out.
    Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 July 2026

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“Powdered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/powdered. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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