tars 1 of 2

plural of tar

tars

2 of 2

verb

variants or tarres
present tense third-person singular of tar

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tars
Noun
  • His aim was not to antagonize Africans, but to aid sailors.
    Big Think, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The force includes about 4,500 sailors and Marines, among them a rapid-response expeditionary unit of 2,200 troops.
    Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Moreover, the use of harsh chemicals pollutes water and soil during lithium extraction.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 Mar. 2025
  • Excessive fertilizer pollutes both soil and water systems.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • While this may cause some disruptions for those located along the northern shorelines and nearby mariners, land impacts will be to a lesser extent with the current path compared to a direct track into the Big Island.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Sep. 2025
  • In their campaign so far, the Houthis have sunk four vessels and killed at least eight mariners.
    Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Prolonged contact with moisture, acids, or salts an cause the foil to degrade, allowing aluminum to leach into the food.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
  • These are salts that naturally contain water molecules within their crystal structures.
    Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Designed to help European navigators at sea, the map distorted landmasses by enlarging regions near the poles such as North America and Greenland while shrinking Africa and South America.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Bob had to be valiant, dictatorial, curious, ever listening, wily, playful, deluded, strategic, flirtatious, fallible, political, and willing to protect and persevere against all doubters, critics, compass navigators, naysayers well intentioned or not.
    Walden Green, Pitchfork, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • However, tariff uncertainty clouds the headline growth figure.
    David Trainer, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Dim sunlight smudges skies for only a few hours in the depth of winter.
    Tom Vanden Brook, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • For all their evident overlap, the two marketplaces serve different crowds — even as the boundary between art and design blurs (Basic.
    Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Alcohol blurs a person's judgment, reaction time and abilities.
    Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Tars.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tars. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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