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as in to bandage
to encircle or bind with or as if with a belt
wrapped her waist with a colorful silk sash
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as in to envelop
to surround or cover closely
a sinister darkness seemed to wrap the lonely cabin
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as in jacket
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Recent Examples of wrap
Natasha Dye, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Low-Fat Cheese Cheese often gets a bad wrap for its calorie and sodium content.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 2 Sep. 2025
Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Swift’s drink is served wrapped in steel wool, which the server ignites at the table, causing sparks to fly.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
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Verb
In a few photos, Brittany is sporting a dark brown wrap dress with tan heeled boots, while others show the KC Current owner in a denim-on-denim get-up with a matching cowboy hat.
—Natasha Dye, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Low-Fat Cheese Cheese often gets a bad wrap for its calorie and sodium content.
—Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
Reheat by wrapping in foil and baking at 300°F for 10 to 15 minutes, or heat individual slices in the microwave for about 20 seconds.
—Ann Taylor Pittman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
Swift’s drink is served wrapped in steel wool, which the server ignites at the table, causing sparks to fly.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wrap
Verb
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After bandaging the bleeding leg Saturday, Bichette woke up sore Sunday, Schneider said.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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One boy in an orange shirt lay in a cot, his limbs and face bandaged after he was injured from a strike that killed his family.—
Astha Rajvanshi,
NBC news,
25 July 2025
Verb
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Gradually, the darkness surrounding them gave way to buildings and overhead lights, until the red of dawn enveloped the coast alongside them.—
Bryan Washington,
New Yorker,
7 Sep. 2025
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Gnawing paranoia inevitably awakens Pynchon’s characters to the matrix of control enveloping their lives.—
John Lopez,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Fresh on the scene, Mimi was snapped arriving to the 1991 show, sporting a pink dress and silver shawl, with her curls on full display.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
7 Sep. 2025
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Many of the items that are highlighted in the museum's galleries – including Harriet Tubman's shawl and Nat Turner's Bible – were acquired this way.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The pieces range from $59 for T-shirts and $150 for hoodies with jeans and up jackets priced up to $325.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Swap a black skirt for one with shades of the season, and a brown trench coat for a deep brown wool jacket.—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Less than 12 seconds later, the vehicle was off the runway, but the plane had already started circling the airport.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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Mesa smacked his first career MLB home run — a three-run blast 394 feet to right field — to provide the highlight of the night for the Marlins, who watched the Nationals circle the bases for most of the game.—
Steve Gorten,
Miami Herald,
8 Sep. 2025
Verb
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On the ground in Wedgewood Houston, a tiny bird fought an army of enclosing fire ants, wildly kicking and flailing.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
9 Sep. 2025
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In its former terrain, today’s Tamiami Trail used to run along a ridge above the Glaswegian Suture, a geologic feature that enclosed a large body of water now known as the Gulf of Mexico.—
Ian Frazier,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Covering 500,000 works that Anthropic pirated for AI training, if a court approves the settlement, each author will receive $3,000 per work that Anthropic stole.—
Ashley Belanger,
ArsTechnica,
5 Sep. 2025
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Such stoles, with taxidermied heads still attached, were in fashion in 1938, when the young artist Carol Rama (1918–2015) painted this curious scene.—
Elizabeth Mangini,
Artforum,
1 Sep. 2025
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Powney, who launched her sustainable label Akyn earlier this year, created a collection filled with chunky, but lightweight, fisherman knits, Aran sweaters, and warming pieces such as a waterproof parka and a quilted liner jacket.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
3 Sep. 2025
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But beneath that beige parka of politeness lies a thriving culture of sublimated emotion and polite vengeance.—
Mark Glende,
Twin Cities,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Wrap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wrap. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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