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as in muddy
full of or covered with soft wet earth
the slushy racetrack resulted in a significantly slower time for the winning horse
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as in sentimental
appealing to the emotions in an obvious and tiresome way
slushy music underscores the movie's emotional scenes
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Recent Examples of slushy
Most unwelcome, up to 3 more inches of snow fell early Wednesday, adding to slippery conditions before temperatures rose, creating slushy messes.
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Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
That is going to make the snow a little looser and slushy, conditions that traditionally don't favor Mikaela Shiffrin.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
Ebba Andersson tumbled and snapped the ski binding in the second leg, giving Norway the advantage on a day where warm weather caused slushy corners that created havoc in the early stages.
—ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
Take them out when they’re fully frozen for an irresistible snack, or leave them in the freezer for under an hour for a slushy treat.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
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Kimberlee Kruesi, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
That is going to make the snow a little looser and slushy, conditions that traditionally don't favor Mikaela Shiffrin.
—Sean Nevin, NBC news, 15 Feb. 2026
Ebba Andersson tumbled and snapped the ski binding in the second leg, giving Norway the advantage on a day where warm weather caused slushy corners that created havoc in the early stages.
—ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
Take them out when they’re fully frozen for an irresistible snack, or leave them in the freezer for under an hour for a slushy treat.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slushy
Adjective
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Also, prepare to navigate 27 miles of bumpy, at times muddy dirt roads to the trailhead.—
Madison Chapman,
Outside,
25 Mar. 2026
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Agents trekked through muddy terrain in the dark and eventually found Medina curled up in a ball next to a tree.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Multitracked saxophones swarm over a pit of molten bass frequencies, slipping between sentimental consonance—you might momentarily be reminded of Vangelis’ Blade Runner score—and eerie discord.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
25 Mar. 2026
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The church said the statues' monetary value may be relatively small, but their historical and sentimental significance is much greater.—
Jennifer McRae,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Sometimes that includes sticky or chewy candies.—
Sundeep Venkatesan,
The Conversation,
23 Mar. 2026
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Inspectors found a dead rodent on an at-home sticky trap and noted that the back area smelled of rodent urine.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
21 Mar. 2026
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This was a better defensive effort for the Stars than their sloppy defeat Tuesday night at home against New Jersey.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Mar. 2026
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The Lakers relied on another part-time G League contributor to carry them through a sloppy fourth quarter.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In between are a bunch of mongrel appliances that leave both humans and technology worse for wear, like a computer, in a 2024 photo by Sara Deraedt, that seems to be giving birth to a wet child.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2026
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Uneven landscaping, wet grass and soft soil from recent rain can all make ladder placement risky.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Avoid very sugary drinks and alcohol, which can cause your body to lose more fluid, and be wary of extra-cold drinks that may cause stomach cramps.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
19 Mar. 2026
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Land Whales have been active since 2022, and curiously, their early work sounds smoother and more polished than their new album, evoking classic shoegaze at its most blissed out, along with the sugary psych rock of Dinosaur Jr.—
Philip Sherburne,
Pitchfork,
18 Mar. 2026
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Most of that unwanted trash is stillage—a goopy, mushy mixture of grains and corn.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 Mar. 2026
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Soups with pasta or rice can develop a mushy texture once frozen.—
Riley Wofford,
Martha Stewart,
16 Mar. 2026
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Bolstered by fuzzy electric guitars, the song also provides the perfect moment for TWS to show off their aegyo — a quintessentially South Korean gesture of acting adorable that doesn’t always translate well overseas.—
Jae-Ha Kim,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2026
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One of Lerner’s virtues as a writer is that his work resists this relentless gathering of data (news, text messages, posts), a gathering that’s both abundant and diffuse, and that, paradoxically, feels like a giving over of one’s mind and capacities to fuzzy abstraction.—
Hannah Gold,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Slushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slushy. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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