as in sailor
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
a book about the adventurous lives of tars, skippers, and pirates of the 18th century
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Recent Examples of tar
Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
WikiLeaks is often tarred with a couple of brushes that are not fair or accurate.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2025
Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Visions of tar and feathers immediately come to mind.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
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Noun
As Jimmy Page says, guitars were tarred by the brush of rock and roll.
—Nick Paumgarten, New Yorker, 19 May 2025
WikiLeaks is often tarred with a couple of brushes that are not fair or accurate.
—Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2025
Verb
Broadly defined, these were rope, tree trunks for use as masts, and liquid products taken from conifer trees like turpentine, rosin, pitch, and tar.
—Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2025
Visions of tar and feathers immediately come to mind.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 27 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tar
Noun
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Conan Gray’s ‘denim behemoth’ Thick, heavy and water-absorbent — denim is, frankly, a sailor’s nightmare.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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Where at one time soldiers and sailors made do with fluttering flags or flashes of light to send simple messages, the modern warfighter is part of a global digital network where data rushes about like water out of a firehose and satellites act as a vital link in that network.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Wearing shoes in the home tracks soil from outside, leaving floors dirtier and requiring more frequent sweeping.—
Jolie Kerr,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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The former president had probably dreamt of the moment of her upcoming detention before, imagining crowds of frenzied supporters standing between her and the police , unwilling to allow their leader to be soiled by the dirty hands of the crooked security forces.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Licht, who has spent years on Richardson Bay, says a community of mariners who lived for decades on boats have mostly moved ashore.—
Steven Rosenfeld,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
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The entire shoreline is under high swim risk warnings, and advisories for boaters and mariners.—
Sarah Moore,
Freep.com,
5 Sep. 2025
Verb
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As more success suddenly comes his way, McKinstry has remained the same, friendly and chuckling at his locker, dirtying his jersey and pestering opponents on the field.—
Cody Stavenhagen,
New York Times,
10 July 2025
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Some were prosthetic buttocks, but others were people’s own buttocks, but in various states, like dirtied down and with partial covering.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
1 July 2025
Noun
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Once that happens, salt can deteriorate the paint on top and car parts underneath.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
9 Sep. 2025
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Whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt in a medium bowl; set aside.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Rubbing will smear the mud and cause a bigger problem.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
6 Sep. 2025
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Jason’s windshield was smeared, and the late-afternoon sunlight came through hazily.—
Akhil Sharma,
New Yorker,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Christian Braun has matured as a pick-and-roll navigator.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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Spain's Casa de Contratación created standardized navigator certification programs—perhaps history's first technical bootcamp.—
Solange Charas,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Picture a world dominated by paper forms—carbon copies smudging under the relentless pressure of scribbled notes—a world where dispatching felt more like a chaotic game of telephone than a streamlined operation.—
Karpagam Narayanan,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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The tequila daisy cocktail, served in a clay cantarito cup smudged with sumac salt, is piquant with ancho verde, mellowed with summer strawberry.—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Tar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tar. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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