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language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
all that talk about taking up the farming life was just a lot of spoiled applesauce
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Recent Examples of applesauce
People looking to swap out eggs in a recipe for baked good or pancakes may turn to a combination of flax meal and water, or try banana or applesauce, Trout said.
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Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2025
Image Bake a moist applesauce coffee cake with a generous layer of crumble.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Curiel asked that members of the church and their friends donate the items which also included tissue packs, socks, travel-size lotion and deodorant, alcohol-free hand sanitizer, wet wipes, ibuprofen and applesauce packets.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
Aaron's recipe features applesauce and diced apples for a double dose of apple flavor, as well as warm spices, Greek yogurt and brown sugar.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2025
Image Bake a moist applesauce coffee cake with a generous layer of crumble.
—German Lopez, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
Curiel asked that members of the church and their friends donate the items which also included tissue packs, socks, travel-size lotion and deodorant, alcohol-free hand sanitizer, wet wipes, ibuprofen and applesauce packets.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
Aaron's recipe features applesauce and diced apples for a double dose of apple flavor, as well as warm spices, Greek yogurt and brown sugar.
—Kelly Brant, arkansasonline.com, 21 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for applesauce
Noun
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The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
5 Jan. 2025
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Crews wearing hazmat suits shoveled mounds of ash into plastic garbage bags.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Feb. 2025
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Hegseth calls new names 'garbage' Hegseth already signaled his intention to revert the original, Confederate names of two bases.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA TODAY,
11 Feb. 2025
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First off, the bulk of the trailer is Shrek and company scrolling through fantasy TikTok courtesy of the magic mirror, which shows dancing Shrek, shirtless Shrek and other nonsense, apparently posted by Pinocchio.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Spouted a bunch of nonsense conspiracy theories about who’s getting Social Security benefits.—
Brian Barrett,
WIRED,
20 Feb. 2025
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No drool icicles hanging from his mouth and his body shook with excitement.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
31 Jan. 2025
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Nate Burleson to haters of NFL's promo clip featuring Taylor Swift: 'Wipe the drool off your tank top' Burleson didn't hold back while addressing the critics who decried seeing Swift in an NFL hype video.—
Alex Perry,
The Enquirer,
6 Sep. 2024
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American Airlines is giving Midwesterners a new way to escape the winter blahs.—
Brandon Withrow,
Travel + Leisure,
20 Feb. 2025
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The post-election blahs are endemic across the big three cable news outlets, but the viewership numbers of individual networks can drop farther when the candidate seen as their ideological opposite wins.—
Rick Porter,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Dec. 2024
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But — and here’s the punchline most of you already saw coming — despite the many things that have happened since May 2022, Manchester United are rubbish.—
Carl Anka,
The Athletic,
20 Feb. 2025
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Seven-year-old Maria and her mother live in their own loving world built on sorting through bins and collecting shiny rubbish.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
31 Jan. 2025
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All around her, her fellow passengers are screaming and praying as water sprays in around the portholes and people are thrown from their bunks.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
2 Mar. 2025
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Greer tumbled from the top bunk and suffered life-altering brain trauma.—
Kelly Davis,
The Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2025
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In the Blue Light centers the Black jazz musicians that set the foundation for Kelela’s own lyricism and music.—
Elise Brisco,
Rolling Stone,
25 Feb. 2025
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Image In 1962, Ms. James married the jazz saxophonist Cannonball Adderley; their son, Julian Jr., died within hours of his birth.—
Richard Sandomir,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Applesauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/applesauce. Accessed 9 Mar. 2025.
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