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Recent Examples of sandpaper
But that was back when the team drafted well enough and the greatest quarterback of all time was able to sandpaper over their misses.
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Chad Graff, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
Other needs include upgrading the defense corps, acquiring a veteran goalie to potentially pair with Yaroslav Askarov, bringing in another scoring winger, and adding some size and sandpaper to help the Sharks become a more difficult team to play against, which has been Grier’s goal since day one.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 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
English speakers floundered when talking about touch (in response to sandpaper, felt, rubber, etc.), but speakers of certain other languages—such as Dogul Dom, in Mali, and Siwu, in Ghana—tended to agree in their descriptions.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Chad Graff, The Athletic, 11 Mar. 2025
Other needs include upgrading the defense corps, acquiring a veteran goalie to potentially pair with Yaroslav Askarov, bringing in another scoring winger, and adding some size and sandpaper to help the Sharks become a more difficult team to play against, which has been Grier’s goal since day one.
—Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 10 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
English speakers floundered when talking about touch (in response to sandpaper, felt, rubber, etc.), but speakers of certain other languages—such as Dogul Dom, in Mali, and Siwu, in Ghana—tended to agree in their descriptions.
—Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandpaper
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The lawsuit filed by the families names Wilburn, Riverside County, and the cities of Beaumont and Calimesa as defendants, alleging the intersection was dangerously designed and maintained, with inadequate sight lines caused by roadway geometry, vegetation and utility equipment.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
22 June 2026
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No charges have been filed yet.—
Jenna DeAngelis,
CBS News,
22 June 2026
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The researchers estimated that those who got neither bright days nor dark nights were shaving five years off their lives.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 June 2026
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Shop around and compare offers from at least three lenders, as doing so can shave close to a full percentage point off your rate, and be sure to talk to lenders directly about terms and costs that may not appear online.—
Angelica Leicht,
CBS News,
17 June 2026
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Most of the site has been cleaned and scraped, while the work at a nearby synagogue that suffered severe damage is just beginning.—
Chierstin Roth,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Her older brother, 9-year-old Charlie, climbs across the nearby jungle gym at a Prairie Village playground as her younger brother, 3-year-old Will, scrapes a stick through the mulch.—
Anna Spoerre,
Kansas City Star,
18 June 2026
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But the quiet-part-out-loud here is that the Duffer Brothers ditching Netflix for a four-year deal at Paramount seems to have rubbed high-ranking Netflix executives the wrong way, the first source told THR.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
18 June 2026
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According to police, Foulke, Acrey and Millevoix encountered a man and woman waiting for a ride-share outside when one of the three rubbed their knuckles across a man's head.—
Tom Ignudo,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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Kelsey passes around a bowl of clam shells with questions written on them as Liz gnaws on a corn on the cob.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
15 June 2026
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Mice can and will gnaw through most softer materials.—
Michelle Mastro,
Martha Stewart,
14 June 2026
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Two types of DMRs were used in this experiment: A convex pattern made of glass beads with diameters ranging from 38 to 53 micrometers (μm) and a concave pattern applied by sandblasting.—
Ritsuko Kawai,
Wired News,
24 May 2026
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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
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And just like that, from scuffed to spotless.—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
5 June 2026
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Debutant Crysencio Summerville’s cross from the right begged to be converted, only for Malen to stumble and scuff wide.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
3 June 2026
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Instead of scouring for seashells like you might in Florida, hunt for the famous Petoskey stones—they're pieces of prehistoric coral reef and also Michigan's state stone.—
Kristine Hansen,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
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The team scoured documents buried in Japanese and US military archives before conducting sonar surveys and technical dives.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
18 June 2026
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“Sandpaper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandpaper. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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