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as in mud
soft wet earth he paused in front of the doorway to wipe the slush off of his boots before going inside

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as in corn
something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental a musical that has been reviled as pure slush by the New York critics

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as in cheese
that which is of low quality or worth discovered that slush is what publishers want, so that's exactly what she'll write didn't want to put in the effort to produce anything better than slush

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verb

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Recent Examples of slush
Noun
Beneath the dossier’s journey from media obsession to slush pile lies a broader and more troubling story. New York Times, 15 May 2021 Kevin Nye attended the Juneau Trump rally, where vehicles, some decked with U.S. flags or banners supporting Trump, lined up Sunday to parade through town as the streets turned to slush from the snow and rain. Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2020
Verb
Customers can pick their own apples or buy pre-picked apples in the retail store along with preserves, apple butter, fresh produce, apple cider, apple cider slush and caramel apples. 2849 S. County Road 825 East, Fillmore About 17 of the 52 acres of land are dedicated to apples. Cheryl V. Jackson, IndyStar, 22 Sep. 2025 This opens up numerous applications, Ibrahim says, proudly holding up a vial of the yellow-brown slush in the lab. Sandy Ong, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for slush
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush
Noun
  • After an effort to create a Falls of the Ohio national park fell short in 1967, Kentucky and Indiana officials struggled to stop the falls from becoming a garbage dump.
    Leo Bertucci, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Generally, what happens to the White House’s trash is secret—at least as of 2018, which was apparently the last time the federal government released any information on where Oval Office garbage goes.
    Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • This clay molding process was known to preserve the form of soft animals in oxygen-poor areas, such as the muds at the bottom of lagoons and deep-sea trenches, Sereno says.
    Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Turbulence in Lake Nyos changes the color from clear blue to mud-brown or reddish from iron sediments.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The filmmaker gave Perkins some room for improvisation, and that's how Norman's love of candy corn came about.
    Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The Original Ol’ South Pancakes are your more traditional fluffy style served buttermilk, homestyle, buckwheat, or corn.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At its height in 2017, there were 150 Farm Bank deli counters slinging cheese that supposedly came from the company’s farms.
    Moisés Naím, Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Wait for the cheese to turn golden brown before taking this dish out of the oven.
    Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Working on one window at a time, spray the solution generously over the entire surface.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The fence corners are clean, so are the ditches, and the fruit trees have been pruned and sprayed.
    Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Don’t use mulch made from black walnut wood, leaves, or nuts near your orchard.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Oct. 2025
  • So in 2017, the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases formally recommended parents introduce children under the age of 3 to allergens like nuts.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
Noun
  • And Doctorow asserts Amazon began charging merchants junk fees.
    NPR, NPR, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Even without such a collapse, the influx of synthetic junk muddies the waters for real users.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 20 Oct. 2025

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