Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scrape (by or through)
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Equations define lines that carry on off the chalkboard, but to where?—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
29 Apr. 2026 -
As spring carries on and summer approaches, our homes are already starting to get hot and stuffy.—
Nolan Lewis,
Architectural Digest,
27 Apr. 2026
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Plants to Avoid Planting With Marigolds While marigolds get along with almost every plant in the garden and are seen as a top companion plant for flowers, herbs, and vegetables alike, there are a few plants to avoid planting near marigolds.—
Heather Bien,
The Spruce,
24 Apr. 2026
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Apple goes along to get along Tim Cook generally seems keen to avoid expressing anything that might be perceived as a personal opinion in public.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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Miquela partnered with Prada, made out with Bella Hadid for a Calvin Klein ad, and walked the red carpet at the Grammys.—
T. M. Brown,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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Instead of Beta Cloth, though, the crew’s outerwear was made out of polybenzimidazole (PBI), a less-itchy, fire-resistant golden-brown fabric.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
23 Apr. 2026
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More often than not, the Mets aren’t even getting on base, as is evidenced by their league-worst OBP.—
Abbey Mastracco,
New York Daily News,
29 Apr. 2026
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Think of it as an impossible-to-resist invitation to chill out and get on the same relaxed wavelength as seemingly everyone else on this stretch of the Mexican Caribbean.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
29 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Another entry in our recent deluge of ironic gorefests, Over Your Dead Body doesn’t really give us anything new, although for its first half at least, the picture gets by on some verve and a modicum of intelligence.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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For most of their history, the Panthers have gotten by with mediocre safeties, undervaluing a position that can be manned by a real game-changer.—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
23 Apr. 2026
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On Thursday, Vietnam’s civil aviation authority proposed introducing a fuel surcharge mechanism for domestic flights to help airlines cope with the rising costs.—
Glenn Taylor,
Footwear News,
24 Apr. 2026
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Along the way, the newshound nurtured a personal passion for writing poetry as an outlet for coping with homesickness and stress.—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Scrape (by or through).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scrape%20%28by%20or%20through%29. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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