saps 1 of 2

plural of sap

saps

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of sap

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of saps
Noun
As transistors continue to be made tinier, the interconnects that supply them with current must be packed ever closer and be made ever finer, which increases resistance and saps power. Divya Prasad, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Aug. 2021
Verb
But the county’s fire union contends the switch saps Fire Rescue funds from long-term plans to add fire trucks, stations and crews in areas of the county needing better coverage to lower response times. Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2025 Nothing saps the energy out of a corporate initiative faster than inertia. Amy Volz, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025 Sweetgreen’s stumbles have reinforced doubts about whether premium salad chains can thrive in today’s value-conscious dining environment, especially as hybrid work saps the desk-lunch crowd and consumers search for more affordable options. Preston Fore, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2025 The two types—NMOS and PMOS—must maintain a certain distance to limit capacitance that saps the devices’ performance and power consumption. IEEE Spectrum, 25 May 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for saps
Noun
  • The little suckers will ingest this and die.
    Steve Bender, Southern Living, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Cephalopods’ soft bodies sprout arms and bloom with suckers at these same splits.
    Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The Cracker Barrel in Belleville still has lots of space between the tables, which is good, because a statistically improbable number of customers the other morning were using canes or walkers.
    Neal Rubin, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Fennell explained that grapevine canes, the woody stems that support grape clusters, are an abundant, cellulose-rich material, and are available in the large quantities each year after harvest.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Any delay in release weakens hatchlings and affects their survival rates.
    M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Beyond 100 people, culture often fragments, communication distorts and the founder’s vision weakens.
    Jonathan Low, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The officers used batons and the butts of their rifles to strike the men in the face, neck, chest, and abdomen.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
  • This is not just the violence of batons or bullets, but the quieter devastation inflicted by law through denial, deferral or bureaucratic neglect.
    Hansel Alejandro Aguilar, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Arrive early—even at this altitude, the snow softens into slush by midday.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Bakar’s presence softens Bieber’s bad attitude and makes the track a little more romantic.
    Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This reveals how enthusiasm without integration discipline wastes time and capital.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This overload wastes storage, overwhelms engineering teams, clutters observability tools and slows investigations when something actually goes wrong.
    Bill Hineline, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025

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“Saps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/saps. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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