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
Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
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
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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
Limelight then follows standard steelmaking techniques to create a slag of impurities at the top of the brew, allowing dense pure iron to flow out through a channel below.
—Andrew Rosenblum, Popular Science, 26 Dec. 2024
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slag
Verb
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Chipotle and Cava both reported weaker sales this fall, blaming a slowdown among younger diners who are packing lunches instead.—
Eva Roytburg,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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The hurricane has been blamed for 77 deaths, according to the Pan American Health Organization.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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These rivers shaped the story of California — a sense of place — from the native peoples shaped by these rivers to the men who extracted riches from the silt.—
Sacramento Bee staff,
Sacbee.com,
8 Jan. 2026
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This stretch of the Great Hungarian Plain was once the nation’s breadbasket, a lush expanse of silt and soil regularly replenished by the flooding of the Danube and Tisza rivers.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Dec. 2025
Verb
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House Democrats swiftly criticized the Senate.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
10 Nov. 2025
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Bibelheimer also had good reason to criticize the film, as Ferrell’s portrayal of her was wildly at odds with the truth.—
Sarah Weinman,
Rolling Stone,
9 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In 2013 Coogan cofounded the buzzy nutrient-sludge-for-workaholics company Soylent.—
Julia Black,
Vanity Fair,
8 Jan. 2026
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Many of the crude deposits are in the form of a heavy sludge, which is difficult to extract and refine.—
John Cassidy,
New Yorker,
4 Jan. 2026
Verb
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On Earth, tectonic faulting in the seafloor enables water to plunge kilometers down into the rock, and as fresh faults are opened up by shifting tectonic plates, new rock is exposed, maintaining the nutrient supply released into the ocean through hydrothermal vents.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
9 Jan. 2026
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Nineteen students and two teachers were killed, and investigations have faulted the police response and suggested that a 77-minute delay in police mounting a counterassault could have contributed to the carnage.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
9 Jan. 2026
Noun
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What tabloid dross tends to obscure is his impressive career—first as a star dancer at the New York City Ballet, then as a roving choreographer of complex, dynamic work that is rooted in balletic conventions but not restricted by them.—
Sara Krolewski,
The Atlantic,
4 Jan. 2026
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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
Verb
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Most lawmakers who condemned the incident did not call it a murder in their public statements.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The United States should be condemned by the international community and all peoples of this earth.—
Elie Mystal,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Cuban argues if similar transparency and direct‑to‑consumer models were applied across health care—combined with rules like letting cash prices count toward insurance deductibles—the country could strip out layers of waste that burden both families and, ultimately, public budgets.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
6 Jan. 2026
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The concept was introduced in 2014 at UC Davis when a group of graduate students led by Ernst Oehninger was studying ways to prevent food waste.—
Bay Area News Group,
Mercury News,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Slag.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slag. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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