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as in debris
discarded or useless material
the piles of dust that future archaeologists will sift through for insights into our civilization
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as in to smoke
to defeat by a large margin
the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans
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Recent Examples of dust
David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
These jets and outflows clash with gas and dust in the surroundings, creating nebulas like LBN 483.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Mar. 2025
David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
Fried twice, liberally dusted with salt and pepper and served with a ramekin of garlic aioli, a plate of these golden-brown beauties can easily sate three or four people as a starter.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2025
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Noun
In Kansas, a deadly highway pileup involving at least 50 vehicles left eight people dead, while three others lost their lives in crashes caused by blinding dust near Amarillo, Texas.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
These jets and outflows clash with gas and dust in the surroundings, creating nebulas like LBN 483.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Mar. 2025
Verb
The entire process takes about two hours, after which everyone walks back to the street, dusting themselves off, giving hugs.
—David Wharton, Los Angeles Times, 4 Mar. 2025
Fried twice, liberally dusted with salt and pepper and served with a ramekin of garlic aioli, a plate of these golden-brown beauties can easily sate three or four people as a starter.
—Benjy Egel, Sacramento Bee, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dust
Noun
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Dazed individuals are seen walking among debris in a hallway, with smoke in the air and power knocked out.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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The mayor reported falling debris and fires in three districts of the capital.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Two dark-brown mushrooms stuck out of the damp soil.—
Shayla Love,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2025
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What To Know South Florida is home to hundreds of thousands of Cubans, many of whom fled their home country and claimed immunity from immigration enforcement by having already arrived on United States soil.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Guests will savor various foods and wine pairings such as crab cakes and Kosta Browne chardonnay, smoked duck breast and Duckhorn red wine, trout and Kosta Browne 2022 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir and braised short ribs and Kosta Browne Burgundy Series 2021 Beaune Premier Cru Pinot Noir.—
Carlos Rico,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Mar. 2025
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Don’t: Create smoke or bad air inside by smoking cigarettes, cigars or pipes; using gas, propane or wood-burning stoves or cookers; spraying aerosol products; frying or broiling food; burning candles or incense; and vacuuming, unless the vacuum has a HEPA filter.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Lira, remembering the garbage, quickly takes out the trash.—
Cindy Carcamo,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2025
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Leave the garbage can open and place it in the sun to fully dry before closing it or putting a garbage bag in it.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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His supporters praise him as a President who challenged the political establishment and secured more land for the nation, ushering in an important era of American exploration.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
29 Mar. 2025
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But even though teams and equipment have been flown in from other nations, they are hindered by the airports in those cities being damaged and apparently unfit to land planes.—
Time,
Time,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Gaza’s health ministry said the toll was likely to rise with many people buried under rubble.—
Abeer Salman,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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Frank’s childhood best friend — the hot-headed and increasingly paranoid Vito Genovese, convinced that his rivals will keep gunning for him until they’re buried in the ground — insists upon that second option.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That beat the alternative of having people walk up and down the trails with heavy bags of trash, said Steve Lozano, deputy chief of the Fire-Rescue Department.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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Videos of the scene show the parking lot riddled with massive piles of trash and one of the campers engulfed in flames.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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But Ukraine has lost ground there and the region was recently visited by Russian President Vladimir Putin, the first time he's been there since Ukraine invaded in August last year.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Mar. 2025
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Those kind of costs could make drone delivery more affordable than using ground transportation in the suburbs, Healy argues, where couriers have farther to go with fewer items.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Dust.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dust. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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