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as in coating
to form a layer over
leaves blanketed all of the land around the house
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as in concealing
to keep secret or shut off from view
blanketed the secret memo from the news media
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as in extinguishing
to cause to cease burning
firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam
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Recent Examples of blanketing
The crowd spilled over to Le Bar, with its cerulean fabric swirls blanketing the ceiling, a nod to the hotel’s haute couture history.
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Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2026
The fire spread to other trees and nearby brush, burning about half an acre and blanketing the area in smoke, according to KNN.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
Woolen finished the offseason program with perhaps his best performance yet, including intercepting Hurts while in tight coverage on a pass across the middle to Dallas Goedert and blanketing a receiver on a deep ball.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 11 June 2026
The white garment blanketing her round shoulders plunges into a vee in the middle of her chest.
—Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026
Whipping winds can quickly spread the flames, and with the dry brush blanketing hills across South Orange County, minutes matter.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
Many homeowners who want to kill dandelions opt for spot-treating with non-harmful products or pulling them by hand with a long taproot tool — both of which avoid blanketing the entire yard.
—Ryan Brennan
may 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
Two of its three boosters made recovery landings back at neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station touching down about eight minutes after liftoff at Landing Zones 40 and 2, and blanketing the Space Coast in a pair of sonic booms during reentry.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
This includes blanketing the tournament venues with Leo satellite dishes, including the portable Leo Nano, the standard Leo Pro, and the Leo Ultra antenna, which was designed to deliver gigabit internet speeds.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 12 June 2026
The fire spread to other trees and nearby brush, burning about half an acre and blanketing the area in smoke, according to KNN.
—Christopher Edwards, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026
Woolen finished the offseason program with perhaps his best performance yet, including intercepting Hurts while in tight coverage on a pass across the middle to Dallas Goedert and blanketing a receiver on a deep ball.
—Zach Berman, New York Times, 11 June 2026
The white garment blanketing her round shoulders plunges into a vee in the middle of her chest.
—Nicole Rudick, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026
Whipping winds can quickly spread the flames, and with the dry brush blanketing hills across South Orange County, minutes matter.
—Laylan Connelly, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
Many homeowners who want to kill dandelions opt for spot-treating with non-harmful products or pulling them by hand with a long taproot tool — both of which avoid blanketing the entire yard.
—Ryan Brennan
may 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 May 2026
Two of its three boosters made recovery landings back at neighboring Cape Canaveral Space Force Station touching down about eight minutes after liftoff at Landing Zones 40 and 2, and blanketing the Space Coast in a pair of sonic booms during reentry.
—Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2026
This includes blanketing the tournament venues with Leo satellite dishes, including the portable Leo Nano, the standard Leo Pro, and the Leo Ultra antenna, which was designed to deliver gigabit internet speeds.
—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanketing
Verb
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Thick colonies are already coating boats, piers and pipelines.—
Carmela Karcher,
CBS News,
16 June 2026
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Standing before it, Khalaf saw how the wall of the adjacent building had toppled onto the ground floor, flooding the shop with rubble and coating everything with a film of fine gray dust.—
Nabih Bulos,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Possibly moving, removing and replacing materials concealing the time capsule could get expensive.—
Ross Guidotti,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
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In one of the fraud allegations, authorities alleged that the two companies and some defendants conspired together to defraud the apartment owners of Wang Fuk Court by concealing previous litigation records of Prestige and inflating the score given to the firm in a tender analysis report.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
10 June 2026
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Firefighters then shifted to mop-up operations, extinguishing hotspots within the containment lines.—
Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
15 June 2026
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The ensuing 11 pitches were all strikes to end the game, extinguishing the Dodgers’ hope and showing again how the Padres are doing this.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
19 May 2026
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Some of the allegations included removing protective plastic guards covering actresses’ vaginas during the filming of intimate scenes, and Franco getting angry when actresses didn’t want to go topless.—
Cerys Davies,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Reporters from England said this is a typical setup for the press covering the England men’s national team.—
Pete Grathoff
June 14,
Kansas City Star,
15 June 2026
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Da Messina’s Annunciation famously excises the angel Gabriel, while Ghirri’s version further edits the event by also obscuring the Virgin herself.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The expression is aged in oak long enough to round the spirit without obscuring its herbal, earthy core.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Verb
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Resourceful and determined to remain unseen, Becky is hiding deep in the woods while planning her own escape.—
Angelique Brenes,
PEOPLE,
18 June 2026
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Consider, too, that another longtime passion of Swift’s is hiding in plain sight.—
Kase Wickman,
Vanity Fair,
18 June 2026
Verb
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But the country’s key tool for suppressing the pest — a facility that breeds sterile flies to halt reproduction of the parasite — isn’t slated to begin operating until November 2027.—
Ilena Peng,
Fortune,
13 June 2026
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The health care provider would then diagnose a player with Parkinson’s and, usually, issue a prescription for levodopa, a medicine that treats Parkinson’s by masking or suppressing symptoms.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
10 June 2026
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But there's a fundamental difference between masking and removing odors.—
Kathy Barnes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 June 2026
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Because Evan is masking his own feelings.—
Destiny Jackson,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Blanketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanketing. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.
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