season 1 of 2

noun

Definition of seasonnext
as in day

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season

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verb

1
as in to flavor
to make more pleasant to the taste by adding something intensely flavored the chef seasoned the vegetables as soon as they came out of the oven

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2
as in to condition
to bring to a proper or desired state of fitness carefully seasoned the cast iron pan with vegetable oil before using it for the first time

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3
as in to strengthen
to make able to withstand physical hardship, strain, or exposure troops that had been seasoned by months of intense training

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as in to prepare
to make competent (as by training, skill, or ability) for a particular office or function her campaign manager has been seasoned by several hotly contested gubernatorial campaigns

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Recent Examples of season
Noun
Mayfield, who injured his left shoulder in late November against the Los Angeles Rams, started all 17 games last year for the third season in a row and passed for 3,693 yards with 26 touchdowns and 11 interceptions. — Arkansas Online, 9 Sep. 2026 Stafford would need to throw for 1,759 yards more than Rodgers to pass him this season. — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Verb
Candied Bacon Morgans's Brooklyn Barbecue At Morgans's Brooklyn Barbecue in Brooklyn, New York, slices of Hatfield bacon seasoned with cayenne pepper, brown sugar and paprika. — Aly Walansky, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026 The spice used to season the brisket is a 12-spice blend that Abdul-Kafi created after some trial and error. — Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for season
Recent Examples of Synonyms for season
  1. day
  2. flavor
  3. condition
  4. strengthen
  5. prepare
  6. span
  7. spice
  8. adjust
Noun
  • Two were found to have been forged on the same day, the report said, and a third was confirmed stolen out of Romania.
    — Dale Ellis, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2026
  • This summer, Rodgers put together a team-bonding trip to a ranch out west for four days.
    — Jonathan Jones, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of day
Verb
  • The five-hour recipe layers flavor at every step, from a dry rub spiked with za’atar and Chinese five-spice to cherry wood smoke, apple juice and honey, and a barbecue sauce with sriracha and rice wine vinegar.
    — Monti Carlo, AJC.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Agave, corn, and jamaica (hibiscus) flavor the house coffees, teas, and other drinks, nodding to heritage flavors.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of flavor
Verb
  • The pledge would cost more than $1 trillion and is conditioned on an election result rather than an economic one.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
  • This current group, so conditioned to disappointment, appeared destined to join them.
    — Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of condition
Verb
  • At the separate meetings with Hun Sen and Hun Manet, Min Aung Hlaing emphasized that Myanmar was working to strengthen cooperation within ASEAN, MRTV said.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2026
  • The California coast braces for another battering California beach communities are expected to see rising sea levels in the coming weeks as El Niño continues to strengthen, with more sand erosion and damage possible, according to new data.
    — Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of strengthen
Verb
  • The facility will subsequently support the F135 fleet throughout the F-35’s service life in Finland, with Patria preparing to adapt the production line for Maintenance, Repair, Overhaul and Upgrade (MRO&U) activities.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 5 Sep. 2026
  • At the team’s early-morning practices, many players flip between offense and defense to prepare for any situation, especially when there are even a few injuries.
    — Jesse Dougherty, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of prepare
Noun
  • From Earth, that rhythm makes Venus appear to trace five great loops across the sky in the same span.
    — Joe Rao, Space.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • In fact, only six teams have won more regular-season games than Winnipeg in that span, marking the Jets as one of the NHL’s small-market success stories rather than one of the league’s problems.
    — James Mirtle, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of span
Verb
  • More recently, the changes have been to spice up an already successful formula.
    — William Earl, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Starbucks describes the flavor as nutty, brown-buttery and warmly spiced.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of spice
Verb
  • The club had been away since relegation in 2018 and during that period had to adjust to fielding much more mundane talent.
    — David Ornstein, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Kory Kantenga, LinkedIn’s head of economics for the Americas, told Fortune that economists typically adjust labor-market data to remove predictable seasonal swings.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2026
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