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as in slopping
to cause (something liquid or mushy) to move along in sheets
while painting the Windsor chair, he carelessly sloshed paint all over the adjacent wall
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Recent Examples of sloshing
Multiple baffles within the bladder help keep the liquid from sloshing around excessively, while a wide waterproof zipper across the top makes for easy filling, cleaning, and adding of electrolytes.
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Ben Coxworth
may 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2026
The sloshing water within the fjord established a 66-second long-period seiche, a standing wave, that reverberated back and forth for 36 hours.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 May 2026
There’s plenty of money sloshing around in the ever-growing (tomato) pie.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 May 2026
The massive amounts of debris that impact created then crashed back to the lunar surface, creating a tidal wave 11 times taller than Mount Everest and then sloshing around for two hours to form the outer two of the basin’s three concentric rims.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026
The common factor in all of this is the Federal Reserve (albeit acting in very good faith in response to successive defense, financial and health crises) increased the amount of money sloshing around relative to the size of the economy to unprecedented levels.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
Meantime, outflows both from both software and crypto (an asset class most correlated with unprofitable tech stocks) grew excessive until the savage software/bitcoin selloff hit an extreme Thursday, when money came sloshing in to catch the falling knives.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
Plenty of money is sloshing around the Texas Senate race.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, 8,000 Pa, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
Ben Coxworth
may 11, New Atlas, 11 May 2026
The sloshing water within the fjord established a 66-second long-period seiche, a standing wave, that reverberated back and forth for 36 hours.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 10 May 2026
There’s plenty of money sloshing around in the ever-growing (tomato) pie.
—Rachyl Jones, semafor.com, 8 May 2026
The massive amounts of debris that impact created then crashed back to the lunar surface, creating a tidal wave 11 times taller than Mount Everest and then sloshing around for two hours to form the outer two of the basin’s three concentric rims.
—Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 4 Apr. 2026
The common factor in all of this is the Federal Reserve (albeit acting in very good faith in response to successive defense, financial and health crises) increased the amount of money sloshing around relative to the size of the economy to unprecedented levels.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
Meantime, outflows both from both software and crypto (an asset class most correlated with unprofitable tech stocks) grew excessive until the savage software/bitcoin selloff hit an extreme Thursday, when money came sloshing in to catch the falling knives.
—Michael Santoli, CNBC, 9 Feb. 2026
Plenty of money is sloshing around the Texas Senate race.
—Sarah Bahari, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
The vacuum cleaner has powerful suction, 8,000 Pa, and the mop cleans without sloshing and smearing water on the floor.
—Terri Williams, Architectural Digest, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sloshing
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Also use a mulch to keep the fungal spores from splashing between plants.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 May 2026
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Kreischer and his crew take over the beach, stomping on the Carolina Panthers’ sand castle, cutting the line of the Falcons’ kite and splashing the Detroit Lions, Vikings and Packers with the wake of a jet ski.—
Jayna Bardahl,
New York Times,
15 May 2026
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The prices that businesses are paying for goods have risen sharply, according to data released Wednesday, the latest data point showing that knock-on effects from the Iran war are rapidly rippling across the economy.—
Steve Kopack,
NBC news,
13 May 2026
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Surging raw material costs have started rippling through industrial sectors as well.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
13 May 2026
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“Sloshing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sloshing. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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