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Recent Examples of zit
Most of us have heard of pimple patches, those circular bandage-like patches to clear up a zit.
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Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025
And don’t let zits bum you out.
—Josh Feldman, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
So many zits that not even 19 packets of Starface patches will help.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 June 2025
Start by sanitizing the zit with a blue light device (the wavelength of blue light helps kill acne-causing bacteria), recommends makeup artist Daniel Martin.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2025
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Margherita Bassi, Popular Science, 24 Sep. 2025
And don’t let zits bum you out.
—Josh Feldman, NBC news, 14 Aug. 2025
So many zits that not even 19 packets of Starface patches will help.
—Brian Moylan, Vulture, 18 June 2025
Start by sanitizing the zit with a blue light device (the wavelength of blue light helps kill acne-causing bacteria), recommends makeup artist Daniel Martin.
—Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 2 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zit
Noun
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Last year, Cabrera missed the start of the regular season with a blister on his middle finger, then missed three weeks in September due to a right elbow sprain.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Clarke, while not among Boston’s top 10 prospects, looked promising as a product of Boston’s pitching development system, despite dealing with a recurring blister that skewed his numbers.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
26 Nov. 2025
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In 2013, my husband Dave and I hauled a beat-up, fire-engine-red suitcase overflowing with sheet masks, toners, snail creams, and pimple patches to the Hester Street Fair, a weekend market in the Lower East Side.—
Charlotte Cho,
Allure,
3 Jan. 2026
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The Mighty Patch works to absorb the gunk from pimples and help speed up the healing process.—
Daley Quinn,
Glamour,
23 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Spoiler alert: The monster is definitely real, a lion-bear hybrid covered in disgusting bloody pustules.—
Katie Rife,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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In fact, one of the most common triggers of rosacea, which is characterized by flushing, swelling, spider veins, papules, and pustules, is exposure to sunlight.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Bring 3 cups of the chicken broth to a boil in a large saucepan over high.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
12 Jan. 2026
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The list of occasions can go on and on, ranging from universal (football and concerts) to local (ice fishing in northern Minnesota and crawfish boils in Baton Rouge).—
Rahul Goyal,
Fortune,
12 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In fact, one of the most common triggers of rosacea, which is characterized by flushing, swelling, spider veins, papules, and pustules, is exposure to sunlight.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
15 Sep. 2025
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Typically appears as a cluster of small red bumps or papules and can be itchy.—
Leslie Baumann,
Miami Herald,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Zit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zit. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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