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Recent Examples of Synonyms for smell (of)
refer
Verb
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Instead, Hamas referred only to a part of the proposal that described Gaza’s future governance by a group of Palestinian technocrats.—
Ruth Margalit,
New Yorker,
4 Oct. 2025 -
That report shows police referred criminal charges to the Milwaukee County District Attorney's Office in 1,382 cases last year.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Smell (of).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smell%20%28of%29. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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