Thesaurus results for SHELLAC

shellac

verb

Definition of shellac

as in to wax

to defeat by a large margin the local football team was shellacked 35-0 in their final outing for the season

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Recent Examples of shellac We got shellacked in the last election, right? — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 26 June 2026 Pamphlets detailing how goods were disinfected prior to sale shellacked an additional veneer of respectability onto the enterprise. — Caity Weaver, The Atlantic, 12 June 2026 Roasted potatoes are shellacked with buttery crumbs. — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 8 June 2026 Right now, for instance, PennyMac has been shellacked, off 15% year-to-date even with its monster dividend included. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 7 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for shellac

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During a recent chat at the F1 United States Grand Prix in Austin, Ben Sulayem waxed poetic about American cars, their V8 engines, and restomods.

— Jerry Perez, The Drive, 29 Oct. 2026
Then afterward, instead of waxing in his own success, Doncic took time to publicly console Kessler, who took only two shots after two huge opening games.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of wax

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Tested on three below-knee amputees, this technique could overcome the limitations of current muscle-signal systems.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 Oct. 2026
This front row seat to past moments — including some that involve Ethan — leads Hannah to reflect, break out of her comfort zone and overcome her fear of failure.

— Rachel LaBonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026

Definition of overcome

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Efforts to rescue people Monday evening were hindered as Russian drones launched additional attacks in the area that had been bombed, according to Mykhailo Semikin, a military official in Zaporizhzhia.

— Derek Gatopoulos, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2026
The technology has already been used to bomb elementary school students, scam seniors, and drive dozens of vulnerable users to suicide.

— Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of bomb

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Tracee Ellis Ross, meanwhile, happily obliged when photographers asked her to whip her long ponytail for the cameras.

— Kelsey Stewart, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
In September 2022, Brandon Sanchez, a member of the show cast, documented a riding lesson in an email to management and HR, describing Garcia berating riders and whipping a Friesian horse for an extended period.

— Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of whip

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The Wikimedia Foundation is also working on a tool called Paste Check, which can flag text pasted directly from some AI chatbots.

— Eliza Strickland, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Oct. 2026
Before running an unfamiliar command, paste it into a plain-text editor and compare it with the instructions.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of paste

Verb

The stump itself won’t damage buried water lines, per se, but the roots can be ruthless with pipes.

— Steven John, Architectural Digest, 29 Oct. 2026
Use bulb cages or buried layers of hardware cloth to repel rodents, and try adding tree guards and fencing to fend off larger animals.

— Abby Monteil, The Spruce, 28 Oct. 2026

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