Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for puffed (up)
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Lil rolled up the food pack while Andy and I drowned the fire.—
Bob Cary,
Outdoor Life,
15 Oct. 2025 -
In a Monday night battle with the Cincinnati Bengals, Overshown was rolled up on by Bengals center Ted Karras on a run play that tore the three ligaments in his knee.—
Nick Harris,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Originally free and meant for neighborhood children, the attraction blew up in popularity, so the family took it commercial in 2016, setting up in a shopping mall parking lot.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Cellar’s statement came days after detransition activist Chloe Cole’s characterization of the story blew up online and attracted the attention of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Oct. 2025
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At low concentrations, adsorption increased gradually, typical of monolayer adsorption, where molecules form a single layer on the surface.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Oct. 2025
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While global life expectancy is up, youth and young adult mortality rates increased between 2011 and 2023, according to the report.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Its supply is fixed, so it can’t be inflated at will.—
Luke Xie,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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Traders, fearful of missing out on the rally, are piling into equities in a way reminiscent of the 1990s, when a feeding frenzy on early internet companies inflated the market right before the bursting of the dot-com bubble.—
Sarah Min,
CNBC,
10 Oct. 2025
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The tussle over rare earths precedes the current administration; China for years has built up near-total control of the minerals as part of its wider industrial policy.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
11 Oct. 2025
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Still betting on this legacy, which has been built up so well in the past.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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“Puffed (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/puffed%20%28up%29. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.
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