rimmed

past tense of rim

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Recent Examples of rimmed Yanai had a crewcut and wire-rimmed glasses. Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025 First-time visitors to the Comanche National Grassland are often surprised to find such a varied landscape, the tourism agency says, from rolling short-grass prairies to rugged canyons rimmed by pinion-juniper forests. Gary Stoller, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025 It’s most commonly drizzled over mango, watermelon or other fruit and vegetables, used as a tangy dip for chips, or rimmed on micheladas, and lends itself to new iterations. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025 Dallas was on the other end of that story later in the week, making a frantic comeback against Los Angeles at home but falling short as Bueckers’ buzzer-beating 3-pointer rimmed out. Sabreena Merchant, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rimmed
Recent Examples of Synonyms for rimmed
Verb
  • The shelves are bordered by intricate columns that add architectural detail.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Pyongyang has long been accused of conducting suspicious transfers of goods between ships in the East China Sea, which is bordered by China, the Korean Peninsula, Japan and Taiwan.
    Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As much as 200 feet on the block that includes the Apple Store and Rally House (site of the former Halls Department Store), bounded by Nichols Road, Central Street and Wyandotte Street.
    Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Sacramento’s City Council on Tuesday passed an ordinance creating two new zones, in the Ice Blocks shopping district on R and S streets, and a section of the Handle District bounded by 18th and 19th streets, and Capitol and L streets.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2025

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“Rimmed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rimmed. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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