Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smutches
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How to Spot Clean a Puffer Jacket No matter what your puffer is filled with, spot cleaning is a safe and easy way to refresh it and is ideal for small stains.—
Katie Cloyd,
Martha Stewart,
22 Apr. 2026 -
Besides adding fresh flavor to seafood and classic cocktails, powering bathroom scouring, and removing stains, lemon peels can also benefit your plants.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2026
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Dripping glitter, shimmering adhesive crystals, dramatic slashes of eyeliner and smudges of eyeshadow—there was a playful, shifting experimentalism here, to signal the young characters’ changeability and ingenuity.—
Naomi Fry,
New Yorker,
18 Apr. 2026
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Use gentle methods, and those everyday smudges will come off without harming your cabinet finish.—
Jessica Safavimehr,
Southern Living,
11 Apr. 2026
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Unlike the smooth stream of fast coronal wind, the slow solar wind comes out of the sun in gusty blobs, which are visible in coronal images as bright rays.—
Tereza Pultarova,
Space.com,
15 Apr. 2026
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My reverence for feelings is precise, forensic even, but for me facts are malleable things, little blobs of cold clay waiting to be warmed up and shaped.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 Apr. 2026
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The songs spread outward from Morris’ small voice like paper towel blots.—
Jayson Greene,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
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Diners can look forward to menu items like a bay scallop aguachile and a pescado con moles, plus mezcal-forward cocktails from the attached mezcaleria.—
Kate Kassin,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
26 Mar. 2026
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Raccoons, skunks, crows, and moles feed on lawn grubs.—
Lee Wallender,
The Spruce,
9 Mar. 2026
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Functionality and style aside, this new arrival gets top marks in the safety department, too.—
Michelle Baricevic,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2026
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The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival launched in 1999 and 2026 marks its 25th edition.—
Kayla Bartkowski,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Apr. 2026
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Don't expect any big splashes, though.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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The water-resistant outer material guards your essentials against splashes, while elastic straps and multiple pockets help keep your bottles upright.—
Chaise Sanders,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Smutches.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smutches. Accessed 23 Apr. 2026.
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