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Recent Examples of gum
Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025
Lidocaine, a local anesthetic, works by blocking all sodium channels in the area it’s applied to — for example, the gums during dental work.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
That could gum up the trade market at large, particularly for teams searching for multiple first-round picks.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Noun
Use an antibacterial mouthwash to reduce bacteria in your mouth and prevent gum disease.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025
Lidocaine, a local anesthetic, works by blocking all sodium channels in the area it’s applied to — for example, the gums during dental work.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 30 Jan. 2025
Verb
As the second season wears on, this notion warps the plot in ways that strain credulity, and the series’ innumerable cliffhangers gum up the narrative with artificial tension.
—Daniel A. Gross, The New Yorker, 17 Jan. 2025
That could gum up the trade market at large, particularly for teams searching for multiple first-round picks.
—Bryan Toporek, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gum
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So anyway, rather than wasting an episode or two on Peter Parker trying out makeshift suits or learning to master his goo and whatnot, things pick up three months later with Peter in the earliest stages of super-heroism.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
29 Jan. 2025
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Once Sharon was inside, an employee soaked her hands and nails, then slathered them with goos, gels and paints.—
Topher Sanders,
ProPublica,
9 Dec. 2024
Verb
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This board, however, clumps the function keys into two groups.—
Josh Gulick,
PCMAG,
2 Feb. 2025
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The crescent cells aren't able to flow as freely through the veins, so they get stuck, clumping up to form blockages that result in the incapacitating pain crises Alessia endures.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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For a half-century, Republicans have tarred them as soft on crime.—
Jonathan Zimmerman,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Here is a sampling: 1795: The Whiskey Rebellion In the early 1790s, Pennsylvania farmers tarred and feathered several government officials sent to collect a new tax on whiskey production.—
David Wharton,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Instead, try trading the article for a toy to show them what is more appropriate to chew.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
7 Feb. 2025
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Even Bell, an often great comedian, gets little to chew on and less to goof around about.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
6 Feb. 2025
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The arts scene in the city is a major factor and so to be apart of that scene that is putting on events, playing dope shows and music is something that gives me lot of pride.—
J.M. Banks,
Kansas City Star,
14 Jan. 2025
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Now there’s the loneliness of the long-distance dope fiend.—
Henry Everingham,
SPIN,
17 Oct. 2024
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After it was repaired and returned to the museum, in 2001, visitors complained that the painting had lost its shimmer: the restorer seemed to have covered Newman’s careful combination of magenta and sienna oils in a thick shell of acrylic house paint.—
Jackson Arn,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Cleaning, sharpening, and oiling metal tools preps them for their best performance and ease of use.—
Miri Talabac,
Baltimore Sun,
7 Feb. 2025
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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
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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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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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This expensive, but frequently cheap-looking, placeholder is historical, but larded up with clunky fiction.—
Daniel Fienberg,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 July 2024
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“Gum.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gum. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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