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as in peels
to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside
a snake's skin doesn't grow as the snake does, so every so often the snake will shed its old skin
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as in discards
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
you need to shed your old notions of propriety and have some fun for a change
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Recent Examples of sheds
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
It’s also coated with Eddie Bauer’s StormRepel DWR finish that sheds water instead of letting the fabric absorb it.
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Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
That nuanced scale reveals more about a meteoroid's composition, which may range from dense, iron-rich material originating mostly from asteroids, to more fragile, porous debris that often sheds from a comet.
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Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
The film slowly sheds its main characters—receding ice, a grandfather lost, and a grandmother slipping away last.
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Erika Owen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
Their opinion piece sheds important light on a preventable tragedy that continues to impact families and communities, particularly when children lack opportunities to learn critical water safety skills.
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Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
This graceful film chronicles the process by which Fatima gradually sheds that reserve.
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Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
With the moon in Taurus lighting up your 11th house of friendships, community and future plans, today sheds light on the individuals who are supportive and genuinely worth your time.
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Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
The goal was to build a system that sheds light on how teams are good, not just which ones are good.
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Ethan Douglas,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Verb
Their results depend heavily on how much mass the sun sheds during the asymptotic giant branch phase, a quantity that is still difficult to predict.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
20 June 2026
It’s also coated with Eddie Bauer’s StormRepel DWR finish that sheds water instead of letting the fabric absorb it.
—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
18 June 2026
That nuanced scale reveals more about a meteoroid's composition, which may range from dense, iron-rich material originating mostly from asteroids, to more fragile, porous debris that often sheds from a comet.
—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
17 June 2026
The film slowly sheds its main characters—receding ice, a grandfather lost, and a grandmother slipping away last.
—
Erika Owen,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 June 2026
Their opinion piece sheds important light on a preventable tragedy that continues to impact families and communities, particularly when children lack opportunities to learn critical water safety skills.
—
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
This graceful film chronicles the process by which Fatima gradually sheds that reserve.
—
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
With the moon in Taurus lighting up your 11th house of friendships, community and future plans, today sheds light on the individuals who are supportive and genuinely worth your time.
—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
12 June 2026
The goal was to build a system that sheds light on how teams are good, not just which ones are good.
—
Ethan Douglas,
New York Times,
10 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheds
Verb
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This peels the macro noise off the 10-K, leaving behind a clean, company-specific dataset that background models can actually calculate.
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As the series peels back the secrets surrounding the coastal town, Southwick’s performance evolves from rebellious teenager to a young man forced to confront painful truths about his family and his place in a much larger story.
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Try the Storm Chaser, which sends you into a zero-gravity fall, catches you in a funnel, then discards you into a pool below.
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At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation.
Noun
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The Blue Lagoon purchased the property and began welcoming guests in 2023 across a hotel, a set of private lodges, huts, a hostel, and a campsite.
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Small huts in the distance, on the very edge of things.
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Fulda all but ditches his ambitious partner Chaton (Vincent Dedienne), in order to team up with Stéphane to get to the bottom of the endless pig-slaughter, and to put paid to the local superstition that Brun’s ghost may be the culprit.
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In the directorial debut from Izabel Pakzad, Lola (Cherry) and Lavinia (Thorne) make up two-fifths of an on-screen friend group that ditches the Los Angeles smog for the clear skies — and ample partying room — found in California's Joshua Tree National Park.
Verb
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An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on March 11, 2026.
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After his dreams are all but dashed, Shah unloads on himself.
Noun
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This tiny Gulf island community is peppered with seafood shacks, art galleries, fishing docks, and spectacular over-water sunsets.
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The shooting carried out late Tuesday by assailants in an informal settlement of shacks in Johannesburg left 12 people dead and at least 15 wounded, according to authorities.
Verb
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Primarily, there are beta hydroxy acids (BHAs) courtesy of lipo hydroxy acid (LHA), a deep-penetrating chemical exfoliant that gently sloughs off old, dead cells to reveal brighter, fresher skin.
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Their body care kit gets to the root of smooth skin with a trio of products including a pre-sluff bar that rids it of lotions and oils, a washable textured mitt that sloughs off dead cells and a eucalyptus-scented body lotion that loads it with hydration while making your bathroom smell like a spa.
Verb
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Towns dumps the ball off to Mitchell Robinson for his easiest two points of the night.
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After New Year’s our mother dumps it, with all the glossy families and chirpy letters, in the trash.
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“Sheds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheds. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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