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noun

ˈshēt How to pronounce sheet (audio)
Definition of sheetnext
as in expansion
a wide space or area from the bow of our ship all we could see was an impenetrable sheet of fog

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verb

as in to coat
to form a layer over dust sheeted the floors of the old, abandoned house

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Recent Examples of sheet
Noun
Beatrice Campbell’s Polly Plummer and David McKenna’s Digory Kirke kick off the clip wondering if Uncle Andrew Ketterly is mad after a sheet uncovers the beloved wooden wardrobe that marks the gateway to Narnia. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 After all, a flat sheet of paper can easily be rolled into a cone or a cylinder. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 13 Oct. 2026
Verb
Save your time and check out the most popular coffee makers, electric toothbrushes, and sheets our readers are loving, just in time for gift-giving season. — Jacqueline Tempera, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025 That weather — sheeting rain and biting cold — hadn’t looked so ideal seven minutes in when Nordi Mukiele slipped. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 1 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for sheet
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheet
  1. expansion
  2. coat
  3. expanse
  4. cover
  5. length
  6. plain
  7. stretch
Noun
  • Blue Origin’s expansion reflects the infrastructure demands of a higher launch cadence.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • During her State of the Union address on 16th September, President von der Leyen committed to overhauling single market rules by the end of next year and advancing EU Inc to streamline cross-border expansion.
    — Sophie Dembinski, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of expansion
Verb
  • This denim is highly ornamented, coated, dyed, or otherwise creatively embellished.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Researchers then installed the electrodes and coated the structure with sputtered gold.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of coat
Noun
  • Everything is a little bit more rivets and angles, a little bit less wide expanse.
    — Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Entrepreneur Emma Grede attributed her ability to keep brands relevant to her complete assuredness in her intuition, which was honed in the expanses of her triumphs—and failures.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of expanse
Verb
  • The carbon covers the grip, the thumb rest, and the soft-release button, the spots a photographer touches most.
    — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Still, though, the White House has selectively denied CNN access to cover the president's travel on Air Force One -- no fewer than four times to date, Boutrous wrote.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of cover
Noun
  • Neither scenario seems impossible in the show, and Sonny goes to lengths to find out what’s true.
    — Maira Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Ganzorigt shaped Bieber's nails into her preferred medium-length almond, then applied a few coats of the onyx hue for tons of depth and reflective, almost latex-like shine.
    — Kara Nesvig, Allure, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of length
Noun
  • The men rushed on to the plain, setting more trees ablaze and hurling rocks.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Temperatures are expected to drop to freezing or below late Thursday night into early Friday morning across much of the plains.
    — Callie Zanandrie, CBS News, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of plain
Noun
  • With Halloween falling within the two-week stretch of early voting, what about wearing a costume?
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Before kickoff, McLaurin — long regarded as the leader of Washington's locker room — spoke to the ESPN broadcast crew about steadying the team through the rough stretch.
    — Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of stretch

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