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as in suffuses
to cause (as a person) to become filled or saturated with a certain quality or principle
grew up steeped in the ways of his ancestors a town steeped in history
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as in soaks
to wet thoroughly with liquid
chew fresh ginger that has been steeped in hot water to aid digestion
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Recent Examples of steeps
Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
On the other hand, an even, coarse grind that looks like rough sea salt is best for a French press, as the coffee steeps with full immersion.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
24 Jan. 2026
To make them, Espiricueta renders leftover brisket fat in the oven overnight, strains the liquid, steeps it with shallots, garlic, and herbs, and molds the mixture into votives.
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Patricia Kaowthumrong,
Denver Post,
2 Dec. 2025
Daniel lays a dining cloth on the armrest, opens vessels of delicious salads, quiches, muffins, eggs, sausage, and bacon, and steeps the insanely good Tanzanian coffee.
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Saumya Ancheri,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Apr. 2022
Verb
The suite steeps you in ball park wonder, from the decor featuring classic baseball sights to the ball park music playlist and other little touches.
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Moira McCarthy,
Boston Herald,
19 Apr. 2026
On the other hand, an even, coarse grind that looks like rough sea salt is best for a French press, as the coffee steeps with full immersion.
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Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
24 Jan. 2026
To make them, Espiricueta renders leftover brisket fat in the oven overnight, strains the liquid, steeps it with shallots, garlic, and herbs, and molds the mixture into votives.
—
Patricia Kaowthumrong,
Denver Post,
2 Dec. 2025
Daniel lays a dining cloth on the armrest, opens vessels of delicious salads, quiches, muffins, eggs, sausage, and bacon, and steeps the insanely good Tanzanian coffee.
—
Saumya Ancheri,
Condé Nast Traveler,
4 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for steeps
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But the latter’s crisply executed harmonies are but one of multiple examples of what splendid singing suffuses this production.
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Announcing its hardcore aspirations with a moody steel-blue palette that suffuses the rural setting with dread, the film takes place almost entirely on a remote cow farm, the home of a mixed-race family of three.
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This antioxidant ingredient contains beta-glucan and soaks into the skin to smooth fine lines.
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After baking, the cake (which starts with a white cake mix) gets poked all over and drizzled with frozen lemonade concentrate, which soaks into every crevice.
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Biarritz is a tourist destination known for its rugged cliffs, beaches and status as one of Europe’s premier surfing spots.
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His calling-card changeup dove off cliffs and past the bats of Yankees hitters, who whiffed at 12 of them.
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Then there's the sun, whose light saturates the atmosphere from dawn until dusk, shielding the cosmos from our sight.
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Otherwise, water saturates the soil and kills plants.
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That's why there are so few of us clinging to the crags of Mount Everest or decamping to Antarctica.
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Coastal cliffs and crags are punctuated by black-sand beaches, and rich rain forests hide a towering volcanic cone.
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Drenching the nest and surrounding area with water drowns workers and possibly the queen, which disrupts the colony.
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The more militants are killed, the deeper the city drowns in militant Shia iconography.
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Just beyond the tips of your toes, the precipices and terraces on the walls of the canyon plunged in a series of immense stair steps — down and down again for nearly 6,000 vertical feet.
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Just watch out for those precipices.
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For the former, Madonna heads back to the club with a sequel to 2005’s Confessions on a Dance Floor, the Rolling Stones release their 25th studio LP (in lieu of a new Rolling Stones tour), and Beth Orton dips her toe into into a blend of folk, jazz, and soul.
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The disagreement over the future of the American wine label is a part of the larger debate in the industry over how to move forward as wine consumption dips to historic lows.
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“Steeps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steeps. Accessed 1 Jul. 2026.
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