SLIP (ON OR INTO) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

slip (on or into)

verb

Definition of slip (on or into)

as in to throw (on)

to place on one's person wait here while I slip into something more comfortable

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The silhouette has been modeled by Michelle Obama, who donned a black version at the Democratic National Convention in 2024, and more recently by actress Kathryn Newton in white in March.

— Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026
John Oliver’s soap opera summer continues this week, with the Last Week Tonight host donning a truly outrageous wig for a three-episode stint on Days of Our Lives.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026

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When mice at Patricia Hunt’s lab at Washington State University began losing fetuses with devastating birth defects — facial deformities and missing hindquarters — or failed to reproduce at all, Hunt immediately put on her detective hat.

— Sandee LaMotte, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
Because the products are local, they aren't put on planes or trucks to travel long distances to get here.

— Anne Makovec, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026

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Also on Wednesday, a botched car bomb detonated prematurely, killing three people at a nearby home and also eight militants who were rigging the explosives.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Aug. 2026
Lindell, who stepped down as CEO of MyPillow, settled a $1 billion defamation suit with Dominion Voting Systems last month after the company sued him for spreading false claims the company rigged the 2020 presidential election.

— Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

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