as in to throw
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
he lofted the ball down the center of the field toward a receiver
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Recent Examples of loft
Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Our host at an Airbnb loft on a Highland cattle ranch ($120 a night) near Fairfield informed us that Soldier operates Thursdays through Sundays.
—Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025
On first-and-goal from the CU 2, Fifita took a shotgun snap, backpedaled into space, set himself and lofted a rainbow to the far, back left corner of the end zone.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
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Noun
An extra-large parachute provides the preferred loft and drag.
—Nick Paumgarten, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
Our host at an Airbnb loft on a Highland cattle ranch ($120 a night) near Fairfield informed us that Soldier operates Thursdays through Sundays.
—Elaine Glusac, New York Times, 18 Feb. 2025
Verb
One of the big advances of the Parcae program was a three-satellite dispenser that could loft three satellites, which then functioned together in orbit as a group.
—IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2025
On first-and-goal from the CU 2, Fifita took a shotgun snap, backpedaled into space, set himself and lofted a rainbow to the far, back left corner of the end zone.
—Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 18 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loft
Noun
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Rostov is exiled to the servants’ quarters in the attic, stripped of most of his possessions, and is kept under constant surveillance by a surly KGB operative (Björn Hlynur Haraldsson).—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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The instrument had been lost for 50 years before it was discovered, abandoned, in the attic of a home in the British countryside.—
Rachel DeSantis,
People.com,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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On a 3-2 count, the Rangers’ Jack Leiter threw Lee a payoff slider down in the dirt.—
Justice delos Santos,
The Mercury News,
22 Feb. 2025
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Six days later, the couple lured a man in his 50s to the hotel room to engage in prostitution with Lebron, but after the man handed over the cash and undressed, Lebron threw bleach in his face and the duo beat him for several hours before stealing his phone, wallet and car keys.—
Roni Jacobson,
New York Daily News,
22 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Meanwhile, another reader emphasized that the pot wasn’t hers to toss.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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In two spring training starts, the righty has tossed three innings without allowing a run.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Rock and Leslie Jones play an old, bitter married couple who are getting ready to go out for their anniversary while constantly hurling insults at each other.—
Jesse David Fox,
Vulture,
14 Feb. 2025
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When the blaze reached the mansions of Bel-Air, thermal heat lifted burning shingles high into the air and 50-mph winds hurled them more than a mile over to Brentwood.—
Jenny Jarvie,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The chain will start slinging burgers at 9:30 a.m. at 888 S. Lake Drive.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2025
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Or Mahomes, pitching Subway sandwiches, watching TV with the Coors Light bear or slinging a ball around the field in his Oakley sunglasses.—
Dave Skretta,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The administration has not provided a comprehensive list of who is subject to the firings, how many are being fired, and which positions specifically are exempt.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA TODAY,
22 Feb. 2025
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On Tuesday, several national news outlets said the U.S. Department of Agriculture was trying to rehire several bird flu experts mistakenly fired with the Trump administration’s mass layoffs as part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s cost cuts.—
Catherine Muccigrosso,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This season, six teams are flinging the ball around that often.—
Tony East,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
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When the planets formed, smaller objects, named planetesimals, were flung away from the sun due to gravitational interactions and ended up settling on the very edge of the solar system.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Loft.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loft. Accessed 6 Mar. 2025.
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