rashes

noun

plural of rash
as in plagues

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Recent Examples of rashes Symptoms may present with faint rashes also in palms and soles or no rash at all. — Dr. Andrew Bernstein, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rashes
  1. plagues
  2. loads
  3. piles
  4. quantities
  5. dozens
  6. hundreds
  7. tons
  8. rafts
Noun
  • Pneumonic plague is one of three types of plagues that are caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis.
    — Tim Lister, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
  • Most people go to campgrounds to escape the plagues of modern technology, so try to keep the decibels to a minimum.
    — Austin Perry OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of plagues
Noun
  • The deck replacement is necessary because traffic loads on the span have become increasingly heavy, and salt air has eroded bridge materials.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
  • According to Formlabs, this improves strength, toughness, heat resistance, and resistance to gradual deformation under sustained loads, while producing a harder, less tacky surface.
    — Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • The Rest and Relax Inn in Pensacola, Florida, was surrounded by piles of debris after it was stripped of roofing materials during a heavy hit from the hurricane last night.
    — Erika Angulo, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Pictures show divers working among piles of ancient pottery, with ceramic plates and bowls scattered across the sandy seabed.
    — Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of piles
Noun
  • Devices that move tiny quantities of fluid have potential applications in microfluidics and minimally invasive medical technologies, where controlling flow through narrow channels can be challenging.
    — Mike McRae October 12, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Automating these sectors likely requires both the most advanced software models and enormous quantities of data about physical interactions.
    — Scott Singer, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of quantities
Noun
  • Bajaria’s foresight was sharper, investing in local language productions and building up Netflix’s global presence (almost two dozen international offices were opened during Bajaria’s reign).
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Nearly a dozen people close to Trump cast doubt on reports of tension that Politico published on Thursday.
    — Shelby Talcott, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of dozens
Noun
  • As a major bloc that has been able to apply pressure, the union has thwarted several efforts by Mamdani’s predecessors to ban the attraction, as hundreds of carriage operators make a living operating the buggies.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Paris prosecutor’s office opened an investigation on Monday into an overnight cyberattack on refrigeration systems at hundreds of French supermarkets.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • With the company expected to deploy tons of cash toward expanding Muse, investors will be closely watching its capital expenditure plans.
    — Natasha Abellard, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Cates said RayZyn has processed over 1,000 tons of grapes from various California wine regions since its founding.
    — Lizzie Kane, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of tons
Noun
  • This type of maritime migration is different from the once-common arrivals of rafts and other homemade vessels that Cubans are known to use to escape their homeland, and the overloaded freighters and sailboats used by people fleeing Haiti.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • The Coast Guard had dropped inflatable rafts in the water nearby, but the teen — who was suffering from hypothermia — was too weak to swim to them.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 13 Sep. 2026
Definition of rafts

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“Rashes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rashes. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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