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Recent Examples of widemouthed
The wide-mouthed container is designed for easy application, plus this butter soothes and moisturizes other dry skin areas like lips, cuticles, and feet.
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Pamela Brill, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
Use a Bench or Basket For extra throw blankets and sheet sets, consider a wide-mouthed basket that complements the room’s aesthetic.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2026
Gently add gravel to a shallow, clear dish or wide-mouthed canning jar.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
Everything from vintage travel stamps to a wide-mouthed hippopotamus has found its way under Ghobad’s brush.
—Brett Braley, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
The main thing to avoid is a wide-mouthed glass, which lets aromas escape too quickly.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Pamela Brill, Parents, 7 Apr. 2026
Use a Bench or Basket For extra throw blankets and sheet sets, consider a wide-mouthed basket that complements the room’s aesthetic.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Feb. 2026
Gently add gravel to a shallow, clear dish or wide-mouthed canning jar.
—Steve Bender, Southern Living, 13 Dec. 2025
Everything from vintage travel stamps to a wide-mouthed hippopotamus has found its way under Ghobad’s brush.
—Brett Braley, Robb Report, 18 June 2025
The main thing to avoid is a wide-mouthed glass, which lets aromas escape too quickly.
—Emily Price, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for widemouthed
Adjective
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This sometimes left audience members bewildered about what had actually happened.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
6 Apr. 2026
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The passenger in the back eventually looked up from her phone, noticed Louise, and locked eyes with this bewildered-looking woman blocking the crosswalk.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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In his emotional breakdowns, Elliott buckles under his testy relationship with his mother Lynn and then wanders through gatherings and parties with a perpetually dazed expression.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
10 Apr. 2026
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No one is immune to the lampooning, even the dazed and confused sons and daughters who get sidelined and pawned off due to their parents’ ambitions, neuroses and desires to achieve greatness.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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It’s been really awesome to watch the difference in how everyone operates.—
CT Jones,
Rolling Stone,
19 Apr. 2026
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For the Padres so far, ABS stands for awesome, bueno and satisfactory.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Castro, who spent the day with Mejia and often translated for her, described Mejia as awed and giddy throughout the day.—
Emiliano Tahui Gómez,
Austin American Statesman,
17 Mar. 2026
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And the second-to-none acoustics, with 10,000 state-of-the-art fiber panels that project sound throughout the theater, will leave you awed.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
21 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said Ohtani reacted with surprise – Roberts even offered a spot-on impersonation of Ohtani’s wide-eyed look – when the idea was brought to him.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
16 Apr. 2026
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Jeff Goldblum is perfect as the lanky mad scientist doing nude experiments in his warehouse lab, and his wide-eyed transformation into the horny, sugar-hungry man-fly underlines the weird anxieties that Cronenberg always brings to body horror.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The camera panned to an open-mouthed Johansson standing in the wings.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
19 Jan. 2026
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The oldest of three brothers, he was followed into professional football by Bob, who played for Halifax Town, Middlesbrough, Notts County and Southend United, and then by Frank, who, from a very early age, could do things with a ball that would leave his siblings open-mouthed.—
Oliver Kay,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Both Castro and Fernandez also proposed similar annual membership rate changes that, while pricier than the previous rate, wouldn’t require golfers to pay for the country club and would still impose caps on complimentary rounds to reduce play at the overwhelmed golf course.—
Michelle Marchante,
Miami Herald,
17 Apr. 2026
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Less Decision Fatigue Around Food While some people enjoy cooking or deciding what to eat each day, others may feel overwhelmed by it.—
Caitlin Beale,
Health,
17 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Wouldn’t this character be aghast at the amount of random citizens taken out in these endless firefights?—
Katie Walsh,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
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Wouldn’t this character be aghast at the amount of random citizens taken out in these endless firefights?—
Katie Walsh,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Apr. 2026
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“Widemouthed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/widemouthed. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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