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noun

plural of sheet
as in expanses
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

present tense third-person singular of sheet
as in coats
to form a layer over dust sheeted the floors of the old, abandoned house

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Recent Examples of sheets
Noun
Contributor Blake Bakkila adds that the patterning gives these sheets more of a slubby feel. — Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 23 Oct. 2026 There was a basket with lemons, each one tied with red curling ribbon, fish spices stacked, the register with all the keys covered by a silicone hood, and a pile of newspapers next to a pile of wrapping sheets. — Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026 For laundry, Airbnb says guests should no longer be asked to remove sheets from a bed or put a load in a washing machine, but they can be asked to gather used towels. — James Peckham, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026 Place graham cracker sheets in a large resealable plastic bag. — Erin Merhar, Southern Living, 22 Oct. 2026 The white sheets made of 400-thread-count cotton are from Bassols. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 Vertical dividers make baking sheets and trays easier to grab, while deep drawers, narrow pullouts and toe-kick drawers give hard-to-store items a dedicated spot. — Ryan Brennan, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026 These bonds raise the energy required to break the glass, making thinner sheets considerably stronger. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026 After washing, dry the towels well in the dryer, avoiding fabric softener dryer sheets. — Jolie Kerr, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Oct. 2026
Verb
Reroll the dough sheets away from you into cylinders and loosely pinch them closed. — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sheets
  1. expanses
  2. coats
  3. expansions
  4. covers
  5. stretches
  6. blankets
  7. lengths
Noun
  • Foliage rustles in the autumn wind here, and where there aren’t corn husks swaying, there are flat, lonely expanses of dirt where crops have been harvested.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 29 Oct. 2026
  • A lot of buildings and fields and parks and cafés and expanses of water and elevators and on-ramps and curbsides.
    — Madeline ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026
Definition of expanses
Verb
  • Also, if one coats the surface of a daguerreotype with a layer of gold, the colors shift more to the red side of the spectrum.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Mixing the flour with cold butter first coats the flour’s proteins, impeding the interaction between the water and the flour and reducing gluten development.
    — Melissa Weller, Bon Appetit Magazine, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of coats
Noun
  • Its the latest in a series of expansions for Vallarta, which opened a store in Rancho Cucamonga in April and opened its first location outside of California in Arizona in January.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The move follows similar expansions by other prominent crypto investors.
    — Camila Grigera Naón, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of expansions
Verb
  • Radiant’s chief nuclear officer, Rita Baranwal, said the approval covers a broader demonstration than initial criticality alone.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • The boundary, which covers nearly one third of the county, mostly east of the Econlockhatchee River, has drawn widespread support among Republicans and Democrats for decades.
    — Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Oct. 2026
Definition of covers
Noun
  • Sometimes the family stayed in their car, but the girls were also left for long stretches with various friends of their mom’s.
    — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Larger projects, like resurfacing long stretches of major streets, take more planning and coordination with the city.
    — Sabrina Franza, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of stretches
Verb
  • Finally, grab 26% off the Netgear RAX5 Wi-Fi 6 router, which blankets your home with fast AX1600 speeds.
    — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Building more captive coal for aluminum will worsen the toxic haze that often blankets Southeast Asian cities, like Jakarta, according to Muhammad Al Amin, with the Indonesian Forum for Environment.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of blankets
Noun
  • Somewhere in between is just right, so step back and consider it at various lengths before settling on one.
    — Amanda Sims, Architectural Digest, 27 Oct. 2026
  • Two weeks ago, Freeform released Coven Academy, a supernatural YA drama that aired on television with standard episodic lengths but then streamed with episodes running between 12 and 23 minutes.
    — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 26 Oct. 2026
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“Sheets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sheets. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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