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Recent Examples of puddled
Frail elderly women, swathed in headscarves and saris, worshipped while sitting on puddled pavement near corroded metal changing lockers plastered with ads for Glow & Lovely skin cream.
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Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
This length is easier to maintain and avoids the tripping hazards of puddled fabric while still looking polished.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025
Fashion insiders wear them with puddled trousers and oversized knits; celebrities sport them year-round with jeans and knits, and preps still swear by a traditional black or oxblood pair that goes with everything.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2025
Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 4 Feb. 2026
This length is easier to maintain and avoids the tripping hazards of puddled fabric while still looking polished.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Dec. 2025
Fashion insiders wear them with puddled trousers and oversized knits; celebrities sport them year-round with jeans and knits, and preps still swear by a traditional black or oxblood pair that goes with everything.
—Christina Holevas, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puddled
Adjective
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The move was completed during a period of muddled thinking between Emery, who was desperate for attacking additions, and Monchi, Villa’s now former president of football operations, who left the club three weeks later.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
14 May 2026
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The end result on those possessions is a muddled mess, which leads to bad shots or live ball turnovers, which lead to easy points going the other way.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
13 May 2026
Adjective
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Parachutes twirl out of an inky night sky, one carrying Moulin (Gilles Lellouche), who is about to become the first president of the National Council of the Resistance.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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The activity is not unlike the way US and Soviet submarines tailed one another in the Cold War, but instead of running silent and running deep, highly reflective satellites easily stand out against the inky blackness of space.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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Margot’s room is dark and dingy, more like a cell with its anti-suicide windows, and the mattress shows unsavory traces of what looks very much like blood.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
15 May 2026
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The result can be dingy clothes, trapped odors, excess suds and even buildup inside your washing machine.—
Ryan Brennan
May 14,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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During a nearly four-hour Friday hearing in Mecklenburg County small claims court, Jackson and Agape’s attorneys parsed through a muddied timeline that involved verbal agreements between Ball, Jackson and either Cam Newton or his father, Cecil Newton.—
Julia Coin,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Apr. 2026
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There is a desperate need to protect first-party data, which becomes muddied when bots, rather than humans, navigate a site.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
20 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Does that kind of discourse-friendly success override the fact that Euphoria is too young, too scummy, and too dumb to fit into the usual Emmy pattern?—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
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Clean Glass Shower Doors Melt about half a cup of coconut oil and mix in a few drops of lemon juice to create a solution that will go to work on scummy glass shower doors and walls.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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But first, the imager will scout the asteroid’s immediate neighborhood to check for any moonlets that could pose hazards to the spacecraft or offer clues to the space rock’s murky past.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
14 May 2026
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Details of their final days remain murky.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
14 May 2026
Adjective
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Beyond the raw, unfiltered experience, live streaming enables real-time interaction.—
Adam Rumanek,
Rolling Stone,
15 May 2026
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What followed was an unfiltered, wide-ranging discussion about music, politics, fatherhood and life.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
14 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Puddled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puddled. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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