lard

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Recent Examples of lard The suit claims the documents larded the value of such prominent and personally significant holdings as his Trump Tower penthouse in New York and his Mar-a-Lago club and home in Florida, as well as golf courses, hotels, a Wall Street office building and more. Jennifer Peltz The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 14 Dec. 2023 Internet video giant YouTube larded its coffers with $7.95 billion in ad revenue for third quarter of 2023, representing a 12.5% year-over-year increase, as parent Alphabet overall topped Wall Street forecasts. Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Oct. 2023 Scorsese lards the supporting cast with musicians like Jason Isbell and Jack White; by far the most impressive is Sturgill Simpson, who provides a welcome gleam of sly humor as one of Hale’s moonshining henchmen. Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2023 While there are a few pieces of classic modern furniture, including chairs by Roland Rainer and Eames, the designers avoided larding the space with pricey finds. Nancy Hass, ELLE Decor, 15 Apr. 2023 See All Example Sentences for lard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for lard
Verb
  • New solar capacity will likely be cut in half compared to Biden policies as a result of the law, according to an analysis from Princeton University’s Repeat Project.
    Justin Worland, Time, 11 July 2025
  • Goldman Sachs currently anticipates three 25-basis-point cuts in September, October and December for a terminal rate of 3-3.25 percent.
    Hugh Cameron, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Generously oil the grates, then add the chicken and cook until the bottom is charred, 5 to 8 minutes.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 July 2025
  • Forget about the need to remember to oil a chain, constantly check for chain sag, look for wear, and replace sprockets when changing the chain.
    William Roberson, Forbes.com, 31 May 2025
Verb
  • Stock image of a man holding his painful throat, and inset, illustration of a COVID-19 mutation.
    Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
  • This will feel most immediately obvious: Netflix’s top recommendation, the homepage’s hero module, is now more prominent, with its corners rounded off in a tile instead of inset into the background.
    Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 7 May 2025
Verb
  • Lightly grease a 17x11-inch rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray; line with parchment paper.
    Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 30 June 2025
  • Lightly grease a 9-inch square baking pan with cooking spray.
    Marianne Williams, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
Verb
  • Trump and conservatives, overall, are obsessed with tarring California — to them, the apotheosis of liberalism — as a violent, lawless, anti-American hellscape.
    Max Taves, Mercury News, 11 June 2025
  • WikiLeaks is often tarred with a couple of brushes that are not fair or accurate.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 15 May 2025
Verb
  • The students left a large social media footprint behind and videos of their shenanigans are woven into the series.
    Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 11 July 2025
  • The idea of American exceptionalism is woven into the fabric of the country’s identity.
    Brendan Rascius July 11, Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • The issue came up for Senate Republicans at a conference-wide meeting Wednesday, where some were itching to lower the cap but wary of gumming things up for Johnson.
    Al Weaver, The Hill, 4 June 2025
  • The Senate should give the bill a substantial rewrite and Democrats should use all procedural tools in their arsenal to gum it up while explaining its shortcomings to the public.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 25 May 2025
Verb
  • This practice, called interlining, gives passengers the ability to get to more parts of the city without transferring trains.
    Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The French interlining company has expanded its product range beyond beyond its traditional offerings of innerlinings and inner-garment components to include cotton fabrics for the shirting sector.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 3 Sep. 2019

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“Lard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lard. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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