1
as in wets
to make wet
soldiers' boots that were soddened by endless hours in muddy trenches
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2
as in soaks
to wet thoroughly with liquid
cornflakes that had been soddened in milk to the point of mush
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for soddens
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Sweat that can’t escape wets a jacket’s layer of insulation and accelerates heat loss.—
Longji Cui,
The Conversation,
26 Dec. 2025 -
But the comedy is absolutely something that wets my beak, I'm drawn to it.—
H. Alan Scott,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Long soaks and extreme heat damage wood by swelling and drying it unevenly, making spoons more likely to crack and split.—
Bridget Shirvell,
Martha Stewart,
29 Dec. 2025
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In this model, dark matter isn't a particle at all but rather a quantum field that soaks all of space and time.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
26 Dec. 2025
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Baseus Noise-cancelling Headphones These noise-cancelling headphones are a must-have for frequent travelers, delivering adaptive noise reduction that drowns out jet engine roar, crying babies, and chatty seatmates for peaceful flights or train rides.—
Gabriela Garcia,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Nov. 2025
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About once a year, someone drowns.—
Jamie Thompson,
The Atlantic,
6 Nov. 2025
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The result is a geomagnetic storm that amplifies the ionospheric and radio disruptions caused by flares and saturates the radiation belts surrounding Earth to such an extent that new belts can suddenly form.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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The deal marks the latest major investment by AT&T to accelerate its fiber and 5G network build-out as the wireless market saturates and internet usage surges.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
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Another agreed, comparing them to their Spanx AirEssentials set, but saying this one washes better.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
6 Nov. 2025
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To start with a wedding, then wait ’til later to figure out the details of who washes the dishes and whether the toilet seat stays down, sounds backwards but is certainly better than hostage-taking and war without an achievable end.—
Graeme Wood,
The Atlantic,
26 Oct. 2025
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One of Johnson’s timeliest essays, though, is about Alien, Ridley Scott’s 1979 sci-fi horror about an extraterrestrial creature that forcibly impregnates a member of a commercial hauling ship, killing him when the alien fetus bursts out of his abdomen.—
Sophie Gilbert,
The Atlantic,
30 Oct. 2025
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The phenomenon, which happens when Pacific Ocean waters off South America are cooler than normal, has been thought to signal a drier season, but experts say the impact in Northern California is less severe — and maybe even inconsequential — compared to southern parts of the state.—
Adrian Rodriguez,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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It’s currently caught in a pocket of wind shear that’s helping to balance out the storm-fueling effects of the warmer-than-average waters its crossing.—
Alex Harris,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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The other will take the easy route, churning out generic content that floods the market but doesn’t resonate with customers.—
Sridhar Ramaswamy,
Fortune,
28 Dec. 2025
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Downpours could close some parking areas at the Fashion Valley Mall in Mission Valley, which often floods in heavy rain.—
Gary Robbins,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Dec. 2025
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“Soddens.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soddens. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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