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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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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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season

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noun

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Verb
How the sharks collect hurricane data Each year, when hurricane season draws near, NOAA teams up with the University of Delaware and other Mid-Atlantic colleges to send gliders to the continental shelf to collect crucial data. Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2025 The series will be shown on Hulu chronicling Belichick's first season as head coach of North Carolina. Cecil Merkerson, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Aug. 2025
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This dish is best tasted and then adjusted for seasoning. Susan Selasky, Freep.com, 31 Aug. 2025 The recipe, found in a community cookbook from 1975, according to a photo shared on Reddit, calls for a batter seasoned with nutmeg to be fried on a griddle greased with bacon fat. Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for season
Recent Examples of Synonyms for season
Verb
  • Soy sauce is an essential condiment used on sushi, in marinades, and to flavor stir-fries and salad dressings.
    Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Essentially a cocktail made with shochu and soda water, the popular Japanese drink is usually flavored with fruit.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • Even the film’s relentless forward charge — its preference for strict point-making over a more learn at your own pace curriculum — helps to reaffirm its larger argument that schools have been conditioned to process children rather than enrich them.
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Newsmax argues that Fox has wielded a similar playbook to keep it from growing, bullying distributors from carrying its channels by conditioning carriage deals on them agreeing not to carry competing right-leaning news channels.
    Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2025
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  • But there is really no reason why this should be the case for Pilates—which consists of different low-impact movements to strengthen your core muscles, increase your flexibility, improve your posture and give you more awareness of your body in general.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Wieffer was bought to strengthen Brighton in the centre of the pitch following the summer 2023 sales of Moises Caicedo to Chelsea and Alexis Mac Allister to Liverpool.
    Andy Naylor, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Crunch talks The industry split on this issue comes as auto bosses prepare to meet the EU’s von der Leyen on Friday.
    Sam Meredith, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • House Republicans’ divisions on how the United States should engage in foreign wars will be on full display on Wednesday as the House prepares to vote on a handful of amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act.
    Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The two countries last month agreed to extend the trade truce by another 90 days, to mid-November.
    Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The Tesla had been at the impound lot for two days after being found abandoned on a Hollywood street, investigators said.
    Alex Stone, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • So, of course, the fair is planning to host a hot chicken eating competition to spice things up.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Combine tinsel, faux flowers and greenery, old toys, ribbons, beads, and more to create a colorful, kitschy wreath to spice up your front door, no matter the season.
    Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Aug. 2025
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  • As the fireline is constructed, inspected or reinforced, mappers record those details to adjust the containment percentage.
    CA WILDFIRE BOT, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Values are adjusted for teams whose stadium economics are expected to improve soon, such as the Buffalo Bills and the Tennessee Titans, who are scheduled to move into new stadiums in 2026 and 2027, respectively.
    Michael Ozanian, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2025
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  • But as Beijing hardens its ties with Russia, North Korea and other nations unfriendly to the West, the emergence of two camps and the contest between them appears clearer than ever.
    Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Veith realized this reversible property, known as shear thickening, could be used to create a protective additive that instantly hardens under impact, dramatically reducing the risk of fires in lithium-ion batteries.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 6 Sep. 2025

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