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as in mouth
disrespectful or argumentative talk given in response to a command or request
if you put up with any sauce from them, they'll only get worse
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as in nerve
shameless boldness
the woman was shocked by the sauce of the child who ran right up to her and asked for money
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as in liquor
slang
a distilled beverage that can make a person drunk
as soon as she returned home from the graveyard shift, she'd be hitting the sauce
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Recent Examples of sauce
Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Nosrat clued us in about the key ingredient that makes the sauce silky and sneakily budget-friendly: starchy pasta water.
—Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2025
Boiled potatoes, on the other hand, can be ready to mash, smash, or sauce in as little as 15 minutes.
—Molly Baz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Your sides come with free dipping sauces such as Campfire Mayo and Ranch.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
Nosrat clued us in about the key ingredient that makes the sauce silky and sneakily budget-friendly: starchy pasta water.
—Karla Walsh, CNN Money, 17 Jan. 2026
Verb
All four of her children learned to make pizza dough and sauce from scratch there, too.
—Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 10 Nov. 2025
Boiled potatoes, on the other hand, can be ready to mash, smash, or sauce in as little as 15 minutes.
—Molly Baz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sauce
Noun
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Naked dressing is alive and well at the 2026 Golden Globes.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
12 Jan. 2026
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Make the dressing in a small bowl by whisking together the fish sauce, fermented chilli sauce (or sriracha), lime juice, and palm syrup.—
Rebekah Evans,
TheWeek,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Baby and Kids' Toys Babies put everything in their mouths, and the dishwasher is a perfect way to keep teething rings and pacifiers clean.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
9 Jan. 2026
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Mistora, the mysterious cocktail bar that opened last year in Atlanta’s Piedmont Heights neighborhood, put a bad taste in my mouth before the first dish even touched my table.—
Henri Hollis,
AJC.com,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The ride is just long enough to let the nerves set in.—
Danielle Parker,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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This is one reason the drug expanded from being used primarily for seizures to becoming a mainstay for nerve pain related to such a wide variety of neuropathic conditions.—
Daryl Austin,
USA Today,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The participants reported their average weekly intake of beer, wine and liquor intake during four age periods — 18 to 24, 25 to 39, 40 to 54, and 55 and older.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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In 2021, Tatmon was observed loitering outside a liquor store directly across the street from the Sky Market with two other men, one of whom subsequently shot and killed Edward Morgan, 41, of Oakland, during a confrontation.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Antica Dolceria Bonajuto along Corso Umberto is Sicily’s oldest chocolate factory—the chocolate here is dark, richly flavored, and crumbly rather than smooth.—
Rosalyn Wikeley,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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At the core of it are herbs—grand wormwood, green anise, and fennel—that are infused and re-distilled and flavored usually with more herbs like angelica, star anise, licorice root, and others.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Her sass pretty much sealed the deal on our guesses.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
21 Jan. 2026
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Their most recent project is a French rosé, a mix of NYC sass meets Provence.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
10 Dec. 2025
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The documents that Dooley was now handling were barely yellowed, their edges lightly frayed, the oak gall ink ranging from brown to black.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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The apparent copy of Hipparchus’ catalog was written using ink made from tannin-rich oak galls, the common, often-round growths on oak trees triggered by larval wasps.—
Ethan Baron,
Mercury News,
24 Jan. 2026
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It was found that in Illinois, there is no legal time limit for when a driver has to take an alcohol test after a crash.—
Megan De Mar,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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Officers arrived to find a large group of people were watching over a pen holding cash and drinking alcohol in the backyard where roosters were engaged in battle while a referee monitored the contest, the Sheriff's Office said.—
Scott Butler,
Florida Times-Union,
28 Jan. 2026
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“Sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sauce. Accessed 2 Feb. 2026.
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