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Recent Examples of singed
Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2025
In some cases, people walked miles to safety, with singed pets struggling in their arms and only the clothes on their backs.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
This sounded a little sentimental, given the charred cups and singed windows a few feet away.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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Adjective
When squirrels scale the giant tree towering over the property, a crispy sound wafts from the singed bark.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2025
In some cases, people walked miles to safety, with singed pets struggling in their arms and only the clothes on their backs.
—Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
Thankfully, only the tag was singed, so OP put the toy in a cabinet on a the pitcher.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
This sounded a little sentimental, given the charred cups and singed windows a few feet away.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for singed
Adjective
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Designed to function like an ice resurfacer, BurnBot lays down pre-burned paths that define the boundaries of burn areas.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Nov. 2025
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Yeager said none of the non-burned areas of the facility have been turned on again.—
Paul Rogers,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Cook under the broiler for 4 to 5 minutes until slightly charred on top then remove them from the oven.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
11 May 2026
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Even a minute or two can make the difference between lightly scorched and completely charred.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
Adjective
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Create a paste with baking soda and water; spread over the scorched area(s).—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
11 Feb. 2026
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Pictures from the scene show the scorched roof as firefighters put out hot spots once the flames died down.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Cozy up to the brick fireplace and indulge in house specialties like pretzel sticks with warm beer cheese, sriracha aioli, and pub mustard, and pan-seared New Bedford scallops with Mozambique risotto.—
Anna Laird Barto,
Travel + Leisure,
13 May 2026
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Inside the clubhouse at Ferry Point, the bar menu lists a $15 espresso martini, while the skirt steak with chimichurri sauce and the pan-seared salmon over tricolor quinoa go for $36 apiece.—
Rick Maese,
Washington Post,
7 May 2026
Adjective
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Grace, her white lace dress blackened with blood, is smoking a cigarette outside of an incinerated mansion that belongs to her in-laws, the Le Domas, who are all dead.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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Know More Initially founded in 2012 with a $5 million dollar grant from the John Templeton Foundation, Nautilus incinerated cash, sparing no expense in its pursuit of bringing resplendent literary science to the reading public.—
Brendan Ruberry,
semafor.com,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Singed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/singed. Accessed 23 May. 2026.
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