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sandpaper

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as in to file

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Recent Examples of sandpaper As early as 1891, a Norwegian geologist reported deposits of a similar age along the shores of a fjord in northeastern Norway that had striations—those long grooves that form when glacial ice sandpapers the ground beneath it. — Laura Poppick july 22, Literary Hub, 22 July 2025 But that was back when the team drafted well enough and the greatest quarterback of all time was able to sandpaper over their misses. — Chad Graff, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025 Similar to sandpaper, steel wool has various grades to choose from—ranging from super fine to extra coarse. — Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Jan. 2025 After its mining operations flopped, the company pivoted to sandpaper and then to a series of clever inventions aimed at improving everyday life. — Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 20 May 2024 See All Example Sentences for sandpaper

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The lawsuit filed by the 12 states and a similar antitrust case filed by the Writers Guild of America West are the last obstacles holding up Paramount’s closing of the WBD acquisition.

— Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
On the afternoon of commencement, in May, about a thousand people filed into the United Supermarkets Arena, the basketball coliseum where Texas Tech confers its law degrees.

— Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026

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Colbert gifted Kimmel his Captain America shield, did a sketch-within-an-interview with his son impersonating a Kiwi police officer, and shaved for our amusement.

— Bethy Squires, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2026
Impacts of staff cuts Fort Worth ISD’s Board of Managers voted to enact a sweeping reduction in force to hundreds of positions across the district as part of its restructuring plan and to shave off areas of its budget.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of shave

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Language models now write clean, fluent messages and can personalize them at scale using details scraped from social media.

— Pawan Jain, The Conversation, 14 Sep. 2026
The clip was an instant hit, reposted and reacted to and viewed and scraped so many times in addition to its original 7 million views on TikTok that its final reach is almost impossible to calculate.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of scrape

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Trump previously said the plan was to sandblast, caulk and resurface the pool basin.

— Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 20 June 2026
Recovery businesses can also crush or sandblast items with silver and use magnets or differences in density to sort out the precious metal.

— John Raby, Los Angeles Times, 23 Apr. 2026

Definition of sandblast

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Degloss the countertop surface by lightly sanding to scuff the shiny finish, and then wipe the dust away.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2026
How to Clean Hardcase Luggage Exteriors The hardcase exterior of your luggage sees a lot of action and can get visibly scuffed quickly.

— Louise Parks, Martha Stewart, 27 July 2026

Definition of scuff

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