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noun

plural of tar
as in sailors
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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verb

variants or tarres
present tense third-person singular of tar
as in pollutes

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Recent Examples of tars
Noun
Mummification experts at Saqqara drew on a continental network that supplied oils, tars and resins, combining these materials with specialized techniques of antisepsis, embalming, wrapping and coffin sealing. — R. Alexander Bentley, The Conversation, 26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tars
  1. sailors
  2. pollutes
  3. mariners
  4. soils
  5. salts
  6. dirties
  7. navigators
  8. smears
Noun
  • Other sailors described to CNN conditions unlike their previous deployments, largely because of the war, which stopped the ship from making stops at friendly ports.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Again, there was major damage to the F50s but no injuries to the sailors.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of sailors
Verb
  • The usual analogy is that generative AI and LLMs are akin to a factory that pollutes local waters.
    — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The Chenab River runs red with blood while poison pollutes the five rivers of Punjab and spreads through the fertile soil.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026
Definition of pollutes
Noun
  • At one point, up to 20,000 mariners and 2,000 ships were stuck in the Gulf, with only a few vessels squeezing through the strait each day.
    — The Week US, TheWeek, 27 July 2026
  • With dozens killed in recent strikes and thousands of mariners stranded on vulnerable vessels, mediation efforts show little progress.
    — Julia Frankel, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of mariners
Verb
  • Volcanic vineyard soils on display at Omina Romana.
    — Layne Randolph, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • At one point, the prisoner soils himself, prompting a vomitous reaction.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 17 Oct. 2025
Definition of soils
Noun
  • The team used a mixture of zinc chloride and lithium bromide salts to dissolve the cellulose.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Nutritionists generally note that the amount of trace minerals consumed in a pinch of any salt is small, so unrefined salts should not be viewed as a substitute for a mineral-rich diet.
    — Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of salts
Verb
  • The adventurous actress dirties up her frock and face to play the village pariah, who reeks of fish and would be no man’s idea of a suitable wife, except perhaps the one-eyed bum who sleeps in the town square.
    — Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of dirties
Noun
  • As our study shows, navigators can streamline outreach tactics and serve as an educational touchpoint to beneficiaries about Medicaid and the redetermination process.
    — Rebecca Myerson, STAT, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Many oncology practices have resources like nurse navigators, social workers, and chaplains available for patients.
    — Nicole Pajer, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026
Definition of navigators
Verb
  • Darker smears around the crater’s rim contain surface rocks and lunar dust called regolith previously altered by solar winds, micrometeorites, and cosmic radiation over an extended period of time.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 19 Aug. 2026
  • The atmosphere works on them a little bit harder and reduces their strength and smears them a little bit more.
    — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of smears

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