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
But Jimmy Butler is, despite the 112-86 shellacking the Miami Heat gave his Golden State Warriors Tuesday night.
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
These big tech company stocks stood there no matter what kind of shellacking the futures dealt us.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
The floor tiles are actual pennies, which were installed and shellacked by the owner.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025
Technical analysts who watch price charts worry that after Monday’s shellacking the S & P 500 could soon test its 200-day moving average, saying the latest action confirmed how fragile the market setup is at the start of a new month.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 26 Mar. 2025
These big tech company stocks stood there no matter what kind of shellacking the futures dealt us.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 16 Mar. 2025
The floor tiles are actual pennies, which were installed and shellacked by the owner.
—Kathryn O'Shea-Evans, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2025
Technical analysts who watch price charts worry that after Monday’s shellacking the S & P 500 could soon test its 200-day moving average, saying the latest action confirmed how fragile the market setup is at the start of a new month.
—Sarah Min, CNBC, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shellac
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Over the decades, commitment to those goals waxed and waned, and numerous scandals demonstrated that the U.S. political system and important American institutions and corporations remained vulnerable to and complicit in corruption.—
CASEY MICHEL,
Foreign Affairs,
8 Aug. 2025
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The pain was similar to waxing or tweezing—easier on tougher skin, more painful on sensitive areas.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
30 July 2025
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In contrast to cream or beige carpets, which blend easily with a broader palette, gray requires more intentional design.—
Sophie Flaxman,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 July 2025
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In Vanderbilt’s first game after his boast, East Tennessee State creamed the Commodores.—
Blake Toppmeyer,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Just before Folds stepped onstage for his show, his tour manager held up his phone to show him the news: the U.S. had bombed Iran.—
Emily Nussbaum,
New Yorker,
11 Aug. 2025
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The deputy head of the International Atomic Energy Agency is headed to Iran on Monday, the first visit by an official from the top nuclear watchdog since the United States bombed three of the regime’s nuclear sites in June.—
Zach LaChance,
The Washington Examiner,
11 Aug. 2025
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The Padres are leaving no stone unturned in their quest to overcome the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League west.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The narrative that Apple is behind in AI has been looming over the company all year – and some analysts see it as a more challenging issue to overcome than tariffs.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
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The girl was allegedly burned with hot water, beaten and whipped, according to the outlets, citing probable cause documents from local police.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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And that’s even before his lighthouse keeper character whips out a delightfully goofy Scottish accent or a series of minimal but masterful props.—
Jared Kaufman,
Twin Cities,
5 Aug. 2025
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Etienne Racine – Solo Exhibition Canadian street photographer Etienne Racine brings a raw, poetic edge to Arles with striking black-and-white images pasted throughout the city and in his gallery show.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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The email, a copy and paste job, trickled into inboxes at odd hours.—
Elizabeth Kaye Cook
August 6,
Literary Hub,
6 Aug. 2025
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If a body is here, whoever buried it didn’t bother digging deep, because there’s no fear of getting caught.—
Jesse Hyde,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
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The Iranians had built a uranium-enrichment facility at Fordo and buried it inside a mountain — nearly 300 feet beneath the surface.—
Yossi Melman,
ProPublica,
7 Aug. 2025
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Parish skins the leg quarters — frying up the exteriors for cracklins — and smokes them before a three-hour confit.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
25 July 2025
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Morgan’s mother, who could skin a deer in two minutes with nothing more than a golf ball and a piece of string, held the business together.—
Belinda Luscombe,
Time,
24 July 2025
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“Shellac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shellac. Accessed 19 Aug. 2025.
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