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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slivered
Verb
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Watch as potatoes are washed, sliced, cooked in small batches, and seasoned.—
Tykesha Spivey Burton,
Southern Living,
3 Sep. 2025 -
None of those fighters are HOF material, but the way Lomachenko sliced them up (getting Walters, Rigondeaux, Miguel Marriaga and Jason Sosa to quit in back-to-back-to-back-to-back fights) was so impressive.—
Josh Katzowitz,
Forbes.com,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Piqued by the remarkable results of the far-right National Rally in the European Parliament elections of May 2024, the French president forced a vote in which his party lost seats to the far right and far left, leaving France with a splintered parliament.—
Saskya Vandoorne,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Nuts often pair well with vegetables when sautéed, chopped in salads, or cooked with squash or sweet potatoes.—
Angelica Bottaro,
Verywell Health,
4 Sep. 2025
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The vegetables should be cleaned, but they can be roughly chopped.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
2 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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There are black-and-white scenes from what appears to be a cracked Biblical drama featuring a levitating monk and, to the particular bafflement of the producer, a dancing Pulcinella.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
5 Sep. 2025
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And everything’s not exactly rosy in the core business, which still is dealing with a cracked, state-by-state regulatory environment.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
24 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Those who rely on tip-sharing arrangements are covered—meaning, for example, that runners and bussers in restaurants that pool or split tips will qualify.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Bluetooth speakers are hidden inside the walls, and heating and cooling are handled with a mini-split air-conditioning unit.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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While the new image reveals new clues about the exploded star and its environment, further research is needed to better understand how pulsars and supernova debris interact to sculpt such stunning cosmic structures.—
Samantha Mathewson,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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Patrick Helton, who lives in a home on the lot just behind the exploded house, said an adjuster was supposed to show up soon.—
Ella McCarthy,
Austin American Statesman,
30 July 2025
Adjective
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Ripley spent four movies trying to keep the blasted things off our home world, but those pesky Xenomorphs are coming planetside anyway in Alien: Earth, the new Alien TV series.—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
12 Aug. 2025
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Her ballerina background, however, is fairly extraneous, even with De Armas made to stare solemnly at that blasted music box during her rare moments of rest.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
5 June 2025
Adjective
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The scenes were shown in season 1 episode 2, when Billy Bob Thornton’s character goes to the hospital for a smashed finger.—
Brayden Garcia
July 10,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 July 2025
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Video from the crash site showed a silver Infiniti SUV with damage to the hood and a smashed windshield.—
Hannah Fry,
Los Angeles Times,
5 May 2025
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“Slivered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slivered. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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