Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soak (up)
Verb
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One night, at a house party, John and I ended up in the back yard, drinking beer.—
Jeffrey Eugenides,
New Yorker,
4 Apr. 2026 -
Younger consumers are drinking more deliberately, agreed Caroline Begley, vice president of marketing for Pernod Ricard USA in New York City.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Stony rubbish, dead trees, the odd corpse in the garden—nothing that couldn’t be absorbed back into the earth.—
Caroline Fraser,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
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In more severe cases of hair loss, a doctor might prescribe oral minoxidil, which is generally absorbed better by the body but also typically comes with more side effects.—
Rebecca Strong,
USA Today,
3 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The data processing facility would take up less than 1 acre.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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This is a laborious process, especially for a one-off usage — a scale-minded Silicon Valley firm would have no truck with it — and can take up to a month and involve some 300,000 images.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Mar. 2026
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“Soak (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soak%20%28up%29. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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