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Recent Examples of sandwiching
Lucibello’s version features two layers of puff pastry and pastry cream sandwiching a layer of tender cake.
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Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Feb. 2026
If that’s the case for you, try sandwiching muted tones like mustard and mauve between lighter, brighter pastels.
—Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
Their early departure, however, has raised questions of NASA's ability to handle the logistics of sandwiching the Crew-11 return and Crew-12's launch around what is arguably NASA's biggest mission in over 50 years.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Povec has successfully miniaturized this automotive tech, sandwiching it into a sleek frame.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
Harbaugh and Stanford defeated Carroll and the Trojans in Pac-12 games in 2007 and 2009, sandwiching a loss in 2008.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Generations of people have made this gooey treat around the campfire, toasting marshmallows to perfection (or burnt, as some prefer), adding chocolate and sandwiching them between graham crackers.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2025
Venables’ time in Norman has been a rollercoaster, sandwiching a 10-win season between a pair of 6-7 campaigns.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Nottingham Forest host Brentford and West Ham, sandwiching a trip to Crystal Palace, who could well be fatigued given their European commitments.
—Holly Shand, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
Chris Morocco, Bon Appetit Magazine, 4 Feb. 2026
If that’s the case for you, try sandwiching muted tones like mustard and mauve between lighter, brighter pastels.
—Odeya Pinkus, InStyle, 12 Jan. 2026
Their early departure, however, has raised questions of NASA's ability to handle the logistics of sandwiching the Crew-11 return and Crew-12's launch around what is arguably NASA's biggest mission in over 50 years.
—Josh Dinner, Space.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Povec has successfully miniaturized this automotive tech, sandwiching it into a sleek frame.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 6 Jan. 2026
Harbaugh and Stanford defeated Carroll and the Trojans in Pac-12 games in 2007 and 2009, sandwiching a loss in 2008.
—Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Generations of people have made this gooey treat around the campfire, toasting marshmallows to perfection (or burnt, as some prefer), adding chocolate and sandwiching them between graham crackers.
—Chad Murphy, The Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2025
Venables’ time in Norman has been a rollercoaster, sandwiching a 10-win season between a pair of 6-7 campaigns.
—Noah White, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
Nottingham Forest host Brentford and West Ham, sandwiching a trip to Crystal Palace, who could well be fatigued given their European commitments.
—Holly Shand, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandwiching
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Instead of cramming huge amounts of fiber into one meal, fiberlayering emphasizes distributing fiber steadily across the day and pulling it from a wide range of whole foods.—
Kathleen Ferraro,
Verywell Health,
5 Mar. 2026
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Instead of cramming more expensive computers into the cars themselves, the team led by postdoctoral researcher Kun Woo Cho decided to put the brains into the road.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Mar. 2026
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Other business leaders have trialed, but then dialed back, four-day work week experiments after seeing the strain of squeezing five days of work into four.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
3 Mar. 2026
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The business has been brutal for the last couple of years — the pandemic, the strikes, the profit squeezing that led to a bunch of reduced production.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
2 Mar. 2026
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As Sundance became a global icon, part of its identity stemmed from wedging this gorilla of a festival into the birdcage of a tiny resort town.—
Chris O'Falt,
IndieWire,
30 Jan. 2026
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The couple often kept the window closed by wedging a pole into the window track, records show, but knew that some of the children in the home had learned how to remove it the previous December.—
Laura Bauer,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2026
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Aramco has been redirecting oil cargoes to Red Sea facilities on Saudi Arabia’s west coast to avoid the Strait of Hormuz, with eight supertankers loading from the area this month.—
Christine Burke,
Bloomberg,
8 Mar. 2026
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Yes, blueberries are great, but the key isn’t loading up on a single fruit.—
Lynn Andriani,
Martha Stewart,
7 Mar. 2026
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Such efforts would have likely included hacking military networks, jamming radar systems, disrupting satellites, and destroying communication nodes.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Mar. 2026
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If our fates were inscribed in our genetics, why would anyone bother to maintain a skin-care routine, much less go to the trouble of jamming his tongue against the top of his mouth or whacking himself with a hammer?—
Becca Rothfeld,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
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“Sandwiching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandwiching. Accessed 10 Mar. 2026.
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