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Recent Examples of gum
John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The low-profile runner feels fresh for modern day, with the contrasting laces and Swoosh logo, prominently displayed, along with a gum sole that adds traction and a retro style element plucked from the company’s founding decade.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025
Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
President Donald Trump has issued executive orders pausing almost all federal grants and loans, halting medical research, gumming up payment systems for Medicaid recipients in the states.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Noun
This hazard, hard plastic, and many other physical hazards such as metal and rocks/stones can cause illness or injury to the consumer, including laceration, cuts to the tongue or gum, perforation, occlusion (choking), typically occurring immediately or shortly after consumption.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
The low-profile runner feels fresh for modern day, with the contrasting laces and Swoosh logo, prominently displayed, along with a gum sole that adds traction and a retro style element plucked from the company’s founding decade.
—Kristina Rutkowski, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
Without any outside threat, opposing defenses felt comfortable packing the paint to gum up the offense around Reese and Cardoso, who were limited as a result.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 7 Feb. 2025
President Donald Trump has issued executive orders pausing almost all federal grants and loans, halting medical research, gumming up payment systems for Medicaid recipients in the states.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gum
Noun
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When the fish are brought to the surface, however, the comparative lack of pressure causes their bodies to collapse into shapeless puddles of goo.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
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At Gropius Bau, black goo dripped from a handblown hourglass counting down specifically to the end of the exhibition.—
Emily McDermott,
ARTnews.com,
11 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Her ’60s clumped lashes and coiffed hair, for example, are still highly referenced today.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
25 Mar. 2025
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Last month, researchers at the University of Pittsburgh revealed a biomarker test that can spot small amounts of clumping tau protein in the brain a decade in advance of them appearing prominently in brain scans as a cause of Alzheimer's.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In the meantime, party moderates are being tarred with progressive brushes, and Democratic leadership is unwilling or unable to do anything about it.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Mar. 2025
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The debates, the great solutions, DeFi itself, everything gets tarred with the unsafe brush.—
Vipin Bharathan,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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But that’s what Gerber Products Company did Friday, concerning January’s Snacks for Baby soothe ‘n’ chew Teething Stick recall.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
19 Apr. 2025
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Bike along the Hurley Rail Trail, which is within walking distance of the property, then chew on ribs at Hickory BBQ.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
16 Apr. 2025
Noun
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For a title this beloved, the idea of cutting off future development feels like the end of a dynasty—one that has had a long run—but still the end of something dope.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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The Garcias might not be wealthy, but Frank has a restaurant, and Eva’s character is a travel writer who’s influential enough to be given this dope bus for their road trip.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The gift further connects revelers to Carved to Flow which began in a laboratory in Athens where oils, butters, and lye from the Mediterranean, Middle East, and North and West Africa were intermingled to create a soap.—
Natasha Gural,
Forbes.com,
11 Apr. 2025
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This spray uses grapefruit, lemon and tea tree oils to remove makeup buildup and preserve your tools.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The digestive process strips the mucilage from the beans and induces fermentation.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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During fermentation, natural enzymes and microorganisms break down the sugars and proteins in the mucilage, modifying the beans’ acidity, sweetness, and overall flavor profile.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Verb
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To be clear, the same can't be said for the rest of the internet, which every April Fools' Day lards its usual mystery blend of fact, rumor and misinformation with, well, still more misinformation — this time in the service of what some allege to be humor.—
Colin Dwyer,
NPR,
1 Apr. 2025
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Sadly, there are countless more examples like these larding my social media feed and surely those of tens of thousands of others.—
DJ Rosenthal,
Baltimore Sun,
5 Nov. 2024
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“Gum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gum. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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