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Recent Examples of plaster
Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
To complement it, the interior walls are finished in a subtly textured plaster.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 17 Feb. 2025
Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 22 Feb. 2025
The photos also made their Times Square debut this afternoon, with them being plastered across billboards in the heart of New York City.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
The snails cause damage to plaster, stucco, and other materials on homes and structures.
—Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
To complement it, the interior walls are finished in a subtly textured plaster.
—Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 17 Feb. 2025
Verb
The Bibas family and their two small redheaded children had become a symbol of the hostage struggle in Israel throughout the war, with posters of their faces plastered along city streets and commemorations held on the children's birthdays.
—Hadeel Al-Shalchi, NPR, 22 Feb. 2025
The photos also made their Times Square debut this afternoon, with them being plastered across billboards in the heart of New York City.
—Liza Esquibias, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plaster
Noun
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From actors to musical artists, a number of celebrity influences were styled in glamorous looks that nodded to Hollywood’s history of elegant dressing—attracting consumer attention and sparking conversation around the cyclical nature of modern fashion.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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Knit Dressing Building a knit wardrobe is one of the key messages of the season, providing an elegant and easy way to approach everyday dressing.—
Alex Badia,
WWD,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But so was the dialogue, and this is where Cerda really nails it.—
Nina Metz,
chicagotribune.com,
20 June 2017
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Marist coach Colleen Biebel also sent Garofalo, who was nailed at home on a perfect relay throw from Barrington shortstop Julia Kozar.—
Tony Baranek,
Daily Southtown,
10 June 2017
Verb
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Also on the red carpet tonight before Tom Tykwer’s opening film Das Licht (The Light), multiple protestors formed another protest, wearing masks and raising hands daubed in what seemed to be red paint.—
Andreas Wiseman,
Deadline,
13 Feb. 2025
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Friday’s attack comes just days after red swastikas were daubed on two synagogues in the Sydney suburbs of Allawah and Newtown.—
Hilary Whiteman,
CNN,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Mousley vividly remembers his first Villa memory, describing the Paul Scholes’ volley that cannoned off the underside of the crossbar and into the net.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
18 Feb. 2025
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Asensio was creative and showed instant quality, while Rashford’s free kick cannoned off the crossbar and led to Ollie Watkins netting the rebound to equalise.—
Jacob Tanswell,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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Per Erewhon's website, the Wellness from Scratch smoothie includes a mix of organic orange juice, citrus blossom sea moss refresher drink, turmeric juice, pineapple, mango, bananas, plain kefir, vanilla collagen, coconut cream, honey, fresh mint and almond milk.—
Athena Sobhan,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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Unlike traditional creams that can quickly evaporate or rub off, wrinkle patches create a sealed environment, allowing ingredients like retinol, peptides, and hyaluronic acid to penetrate deeper for maximum effectiveness.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Allure,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Carbs Before bed, the best carbohydrate options are complex carbs and whole foods, like a piece of whole-grain toast smeared with avocado or a banana with almond butter.—
Lauren Panoff, MPH, RD,
Verywell Health,
28 Feb. 2025
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Soap removes sticky spills, smeared food or mud; bleach might take out the stains left once the crud is gone.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Although community concern peaked in those initial months, Hyperion continues to be barraged by odor complaints, which routinely reach into the hundreds each month.—
Grace Toohey,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Dec. 2024
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Instantly, Heffernan said, trolls descended, barraging her with anti-Semitic and misogynistic messages.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Miami Herald,
26 Jan. 2025
Noun
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What to do: Gently scrub a granite countertop with a poultice and a soft cloth to eliminate lingering stains.—
Katelyn Squiers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
24 Jan. 2025
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In 1260, Vincent of Beauvais gave instructions to travelers to use poultices (a dressing for wounds) made of oil, plants and quicksilver (mercury) to prevent and manage blisters — an all too frequent ailment experienced by pilgrims walking long distances.—
Megan Cassidy-Welch,
CNN,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Plaster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plaster. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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