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as in to fill
to close up so that no empty spaces remain
plugged the hole in the wall with putty
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2
as in to struggle
to devote serious and sustained effort
plugged away at solving the math problem
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as in to promote
to provide publicity for
the actress is giving lots of interviews to plug her latest movie
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as in to shoot
to strike with a missile from a gun
the drug lord plugged the stool pigeon as a lesson for any others who were tempted to talk
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as in ad
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as in cob
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as in hook
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Recent Examples of plug
David Phelan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Never plug multiple power strips or extension cords into one another.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Do the math and financially prepare—or pull the plug and keep hunting.
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—Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
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Verb
Third, connect your iPhone, iPad, or Mac to Wi-Fi and plug the charging cable into the bottom of the right earphone, then plug the other end of the cable into a USB charger or port.
—David Phelan, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Never plug multiple power strips or extension cords into one another.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
Noun
Melvin pulled the plug on his outing with no outs and the bases loaded.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 2 Apr. 2025
Do the math and financially prepare—or pull the plug and keep hunting.
7.
—Berit Thorkelson, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for plug
Verb
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Jury selection for Karen Read's retrial on murder and other charges in the death of her Boston police officer boyfriend, John O'Keefe, resumes Thursday with just one more seat to fill.—
Michael Ruiz,
FOXNews.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Start cuing up some Matlock reruns to fill all that dead airtime because the Sole Survivor has already been crowned.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Atlanta's lineup has struggled tremendously this season, and using Elder as a trade piece to bring in a big-time hitter would be pretty smart.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 Apr. 2025
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The 25-year-old struggled to impact the game and there was a disconnect between her and Clinton, her United team-mate.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
5 Apr. 2025
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In a social media post Sunday, Kennedy promoted two such practitioners who have become popular in West Texas among vaccine-hesitant families: Ben Edwards and Richard Bartlett.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
7 Apr. 2025
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Musk responded to an X user who shared a video of Navarro promoting tariffs.—
Zac Anderson,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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However, the knock-on effects — namely, depressed U.S. consumer spending and a pullback in ad budgets — would clearly cut into Hollywood’s profits, according to analysts.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
3 Apr. 2025
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Clara Bow, Marilyn Monroe, Rachel Weisz, and Priyanka Chopra Jonas are among the 400 stars who have appeared in Lux soap ads since 1923.—
Marisa Meltzer,
Allure,
3 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Serves 4 Time 1 hour Corn Mexican Recipes Recipes by Cuisine Recipes by Ingredient Ingredients 3 ears field corn, or sweet corn, kernels cut from the cobs, cobs halved crosswise, divided Kosher salt 1 large bunch fresh chipilín leaves (8 oz.), stemmed, or 6 oz.—
Claudia Sántiz,
Saveur,
26 Feb. 2025
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On their menus: seafood bake, grilled street corn on the cob, coconut water, dips with chips, meat and cheese plates, a trio of sparkling cocktails and s’mores.—
Dewayne Bevil,
Orlando Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2025
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On their second album, Illuminator, the Brooklyn quintet plays trembling space rock with airy, psych-pop hooks that recall the Cure, Spiritualized, and Spacemen 3.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
4 Apr. 2025
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The side shelf has built-in tool hooks and multiple shelves, giving you room to store all your must-have ingredients.—
Christopher Murray,
FOXNews.com,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The formula is packed with hyaluronic acid to deeply hydrate and plump the skin, and it can be applied on its own or mixed into a moisturizer.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
10 Apr. 2025
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The rover is packed with features designed with the next generation of Artemis program moon explorers in mind and is based on feedback from current NASA astronauts at NASA's Johnson Space Center, according to Lunar Outpost's A.J Gerner.—
Brett Tingley,
Space.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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With many left homeless by the quake, and many others staying away from their homes because of fears that ongoing aftershocks will bring them down, workers in Naypyidaw labored in the 104 F heat to busily erect big tents in open fields to provide some shelter.—
David Rising,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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While Lowry labored to a frustrating two-over 74, Walker sailed around a windy TPC Sawgrass with a bogey-free six-under 66 to return to the clubhouse inside the top-10 – four shots behind second round leaders Min Woo Lee and Akshay Bhatia before the duo headed out Saturday.—
Jack Bantock,
CNN,
15 Mar. 2025
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“Plug.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plug. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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