as in to blame
to express one's unfavorable opinion of the worth or quality of
London reviewers slagged off the new play for being another kitchen-sink drama
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Recent Examples of slag
The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Navel gazing obsession with one Twitter account and slagging colleagues.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2024
Instead, what had been one of Biden’s most persistent slags suddenly got shifted to Trump, who is just three years his junior.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
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Verb
That’s not meant to slag his breakout 30-goal season, though.
—The Athletic Nhl, New York Times, 3 May 2025
Navel gazing obsession with one Twitter account and slagging colleagues.
—George Caulkin, The Athletic, 14 Aug. 2024
Noun
The government said shipments of firearms components were sometimes wrapped in metal slag or foil to evade detection, but were spotted through X-ray examination by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents.
—Mike Nolan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2024
Instead, what had been one of Biden’s most persistent slags suddenly got shifted to Trump, who is just three years his junior.
—Philip Elliott, TIME, 16 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slag
Verb
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Congressional Republican leaders have even begun blaming him for the federal government shutdown.—
Ben Adler,
USA Today,
2 Nov. 2025
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Several reasons were to blame for the scary-low turnout, including a dearth of new releases as well as the misfortune of Halloween landing on a Friday, which meant families were distracted by trick-or-treating.—
Rebecca Rubin,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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These silts were left behind when ancient river channels filled up or when floodwaters slowed down and gently dropped tiny particles.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
18 Oct. 2025
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Timber cutting in the Adirondack Mountains was causing so much erosion that the eastern canal’s feeder rivers were filling up with silt.—
Christine Keiner,
The Conversation,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Local and state officials criticized the immigration operation in the area Friday.—
Zoe Sottile,
CNN Money,
3 Nov. 2025
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Leipold said after a long pause, referencing fines for criticizing officiating.—
Shreyas Laddha,
Kansas City Star,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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That includes farmers who have had sludge from water treatment plants spread on their land containing PFAS, fire departments, airports and municipalities, people who own land that was polluted by PFAS originating from another nearby property or waste facilities that accepted PFAS.—
Laura Schulte,
jsonline.com,
17 Oct. 2025
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After Netflix’s Adolescence directed mainstream attention to the toxic sludge awaiting young men online, Rekt drives the point home in the most disturbing ways.—
Neil McRobert,
Vulture,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Whetstone and Selph faulted the hospitals’ staffing and billing systems with prioritizing speed over accurate care.—
Ciara McCarthy
October 30,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Oct. 2025
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Kittle didn’t fault the 49ers’ defense for an inability to get off the field.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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These meteors are the dross shed by the comet 169P/NEAT, whose path Earth crosses at this time each year.—
Joe Rao,
Space.com,
16 July 2025
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Amongst all the dross and angst, Neil and Teddy try to talk everyone into investing in a baseball-card trading venture that might generate $500 in profits after a year.—
Stephen Rodrick,
Rolling Stone,
19 June 2025
Verb
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Then Vice President Cheney condemned those behind the torture scandal, while at the same time defending water-boarding as a useful means of extracting vital intelligence (many intelligence experts say water-boarding is torture, and its victims will say anything to avoid further abuse).—
Ben Wedeman,
CNN Money,
5 Nov. 2025
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There are many who thought this day would never come, who feared that we would be condemned only to a future of less with every election consigning us simply to more of the same.—
TIME Video,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
Noun
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For all of these camps, the fracas at Alpha Genesis offered a new occasion to denounce the waste of taxpayer dollars on unseemly animal experiments.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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Coach and Bank & Vogue (B&V) are tackling textile waste, one designer handbag at a time.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
3 Nov. 2025
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“Slag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slag. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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