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painstakingly sanded down the wooden floors of the old house
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Recent Examples of sanded
Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 11 Jan. 2026
Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
Wood floors are durable in that they can be sanded and refinished.
—Mary Grace Granados
special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
Martin will doubtless have his edges sanded down over time, though hopefully later rather than sooner.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
Before the artwork even began, the family cleaned the chair, sanded it down and repaired a small split in the wood before spraying it with primer.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
The building went up in 2008, which is clear in some of the finishes (the hardwoods would benefit from being sanded and stained a less upsetting shade), but the light is good and the ceilings are high.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
Hardware stores were the best venue for cheap glues, glazes, and epoxies, which could be smeared, stuffed, and sanded into every crack and crevice.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Reiss’ script was a Black List find that either wasn’t reworked enough by committee or so sanded down in the studio churn that all personality was drained in the process.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2025
Some people take all the components off the frame, strip off all the decals, then get the whole thing sanded and powder-coated with a fresh coat of paint.
—New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Fill the crack in the door with the epoxy wood filler, spreading a small bit of the paste over the sanded area to help close and bond the edges of the crack together.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 11 Jan. 2026
Verb
Earlier in the season, there was a minor controversy over whether the film’s changes to the source material — making its hero less explicitly racist and less complicit in the victimization of a Chinese laborer — sanded down the tale’s rough edges.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2026
Wood floors are durable in that they can be sanded and refinished.
—Mary Grace Granados
special Contributor, Dallas Morning News, 5 Jan. 2026
Martin will doubtless have his edges sanded down over time, though hopefully later rather than sooner.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 4 Jan. 2026
Before the artwork even began, the family cleaned the chair, sanded it down and repaired a small split in the wood before spraying it with primer.
—Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 22 Dec. 2025
The building went up in 2008, which is clear in some of the finishes (the hardwoods would benefit from being sanded and stained a less upsetting shade), but the light is good and the ceilings are high.
—Katie McDonough, Curbed, 15 Dec. 2025
Hardware stores were the best venue for cheap glues, glazes, and epoxies, which could be smeared, stuffed, and sanded into every crack and crevice.
—Literary Hub, 10 Dec. 2025
Reiss’ script was a Black List find that either wasn’t reworked enough by committee or so sanded down in the studio churn that all personality was drained in the process.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 16 Sep. 2025
Some people take all the components off the frame, strip off all the decals, then get the whole thing sanded and powder-coated with a fresh coat of paint.
—New Atlas, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sanded
Verb
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Police reported that Zagorac touched the student’s rear, put his hand under his shirt and rubbed his back and fondled him outside his clothing after calling him up to the teacher’s desk to talk about an assignment.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Jan. 2026
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Cole, a Belgian gelding who’s about 12 years old, calmly stood tied to a rope in the barn on the Kuehls’ property as visitors walked up to him and rubbed above his nose.—
Judith Kohler,
Denver Post,
24 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The PryBar-PlayMaker is designed for wear resistance and fingerprint prevention, due to its sandblasted surface.—
Maryna Holovnova,
New Atlas,
9 Jan. 2026
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The sandblasted and silver anodized surface is highly compatible with the finish on Apple laptops.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Rhone Commuter Flyweight Pants, 40 percent off, are lightweight, flattering, and polished enough for flights that double as workdays.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Jan. 2026
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Guests return for its discreet charm, consistently warm staff, and a sense of home that feels polished rather than precious.—
Jessica Chapel,
Condé Nast Traveler,
11 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The claim was filed in November in a UK High Court dealing with commercial issues by Libyan Foreign Bank, a unit of the Central Bank of Libya known as LFB, over loans taken out against a 2001 credit facility that Zimbabwe has allegedly failed to honor, court documents show.—
William Clowes,
Bloomberg,
28 Jan. 2026
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Bondi and Blanche filed a response arguing that Massie and Khanna do not have a legal basis for the request.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
28 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.—
Stephen Clark,
Ars Technica,
25 May 2024
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There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.—
Chantha Nguon,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Feb. 2024
Adjective
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Make sure to only use a non-coated, oven-safe cooling rack since the high temperatures can cause the rack to melt or release toxic fumes.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
26 Jan. 2026
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The collectible fan features 600-plus spot colors on coated and uncoated paper stock.—
Alexandra Harrell,
Sourcing Journal,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Recalling the English folk motif of the tree as possessing healing powers, a clump of soil dug up from an orchard in Lothlórien is used to replenish the scoured Shire.—
Ellen Walker,
JSTOR Daily,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Sanded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sanded. Accessed 3 Feb. 2026.
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