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Recent Examples of joe Get The Recipe 09 of 42 Sloppy Joe Casserole With Dinner Rolls Sloppy joes get revamped into a tasty, straight-from-the-oven meal. Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 16 Apr. 2024 We may be stuck in gloomy, grimy post-Brexit London, surrounded by corporatized institutions more dangerous than terrorist networks, but there are still MI5 joes to root for who get out of scrapes and gun battles and somehow save the day. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 20 Dec. 2023 Check out their favorite projects, mastered with the help of YouTube, and see how two average joes made this redo not only doable but done. Project 1: Refreshing the Exterior The first renovation on the list: a fresh coat of paint. Kathy Barnes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023 Athletes project regular-joe public images while living amid yacht-and-helicopter splendor. New York Times, 22 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for joe
Noun
  • Other impact guys include USC RB Quinten Joyner and Miami (Ohio) WR Reggie Virgil. 20.
    Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 21 May 2025
  • Regardless of what anybody tells you, when an offense is struggling, guys feel it.
    Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 May 2025
Noun
  • According to the release, one of the individuals, Gabriel Jesus Santiago, 14, is a male with brown hair and brown eyes who stands 5 foot, 8 inches and weighs about 135 pounds.
    Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 19 May 2025
  • The driver of the vehicle is a 22-year-old male, who sustained minor to moderate injuries and was transported to the hospital.
    Stephanie Lam, Mercury News, 19 May 2025
Noun
  • Hackett London’s window design was transformed into a living sculpture of a gentleman’s necktie.
    Hanna McNeila, Footwear News, 22 May 2025
  • The Wolves controlled both their first-round series against the Lakers and their second-round matchup with the Warriors, notching 4-1 gentleman's sweeps of both LA and Golden State.
    Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 May 2025
Noun
  • One thing Lewis has never been accused of is being dumb — or, probably, being a good dude.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2025
  • To work with Sly [Stallone] now, that dude is a beast.
    Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 May 2025

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“Joe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/joe. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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