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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
The kind of thing that could wind up at the bottom of a development slush pile or remain unread forever. Chris Lee, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025 The snow has stopped falling in Houston, but all that slush and snow will refreeze tonight, the National Weather Service said. NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
Verb
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 When the bathrooms began flooding, the manager decided the night was canceled, and fans begrudgingly slushed their way out. Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020 See All Example Sentences for slush
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush
Noun
  • Unlike a regular old garbage bag, these are leakproof and durable (and thus much harder for a squirrel to rip into, if given the chance).
    Sara Coughlin, SELF, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Four 20-pound bags of hamburger buns and sandwich breads got hit with Stop Sales, sending 80 pounds of bread into the garbage.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Offensively, the Bucks can’t keep playing in mud while the Pacers are playing on a fastbreak runway.
    Brian Sampson, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The other features walls and a wooden pyramid installation covered in yellow mud.
    Emily Wilson, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Examples of starchy vegetables include potatoes, corn, lentils, peas, beans, pumpkin, and parsnips.
    Lindsey DeSoto, Health, 24 Apr. 2025
  • It’s also loaded with shredded rotisserie chicken, corn, and green beans, and topped with a crisp and tender biscuit layer (from a can, of course).
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Sprinkle with cheese, cover, and cook 5 minutes longer until cheese has melted and rice is tender.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2025
  • At Santa Ana’s new Le Hut Dinette, the latest project from San Juan Capistrano’s Heritage Barbecue, seven-day pastrami slides into gooey melty sandwiches and brisket goes into piles of chili cheese fries.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Most importantly, don’t buy pesticides and spray your backyard to get rid of them, said Kritsky.
    Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025
  • Activists elsewhere have set fire to Tesla charging stations, scrawled swastikas into Tesla vehicles and sprayed graffiti on dealerships.
    Heather Knight, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Use it to find and retrieve stray nuts or bolts in any crevice.
    Nora Colomer, FOXNews.com, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Without that pollination, almond trees produce only 200 pounds of nuts per acre.
    Kerry Breen, CBS News, 29 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • No area of any economy may have more sludge than tariff classification.
    Steve Banker, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025
  • There’s no scientific evidence these products are effective in dissolving sludge or keeping these tiny pests away, says Oi.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 7 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Raised in the United Kingdom, Tiller has made a career in two tracks: Studying respiratory medicine and debunking junk science.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 1 May 2025
  • The European Space Agency estimates that there are approximately 130 million pieces of space junk from the over 6,800 successful rocket launches that have occurred since 1957.
    Eileen Falkenberg-Hull, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 May 2025

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“Slush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush. Accessed 6 May. 2025.

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