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Recent Examples of mace
The nose features plum jam, vanilla, and spice notes of mace, nutmeg, and cola.
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
The robots attack one another with flame throwers, whirling chains, and a medieval mace.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 17 July 2024
The cookies are flavored with cinnamon, mace, and molasses.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
The base of musk, magnolia, and mace (a delicate note reminiscent of nutmeg) add a compulsively sniffable layer of warmth.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
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Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
The robots attack one another with flame throwers, whirling chains, and a medieval mace.
—Chris Klimek, Vulture, 17 July 2024
The cookies are flavored with cinnamon, mace, and molasses.
—Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Oct. 2024
The base of musk, magnolia, and mace (a delicate note reminiscent of nutmeg) add a compulsively sniffable layer of warmth.
—Jenny Berg, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2024
See all Example Sentences for mace
Recent Examples of Synonyms for mace
Noun
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Inner Circle President Tom Dunkel used a wooden cane to rap on Phil's door.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
2 Feb. 2025
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Hydrate the entire bare root rose (canes and roots) in a bucket of water for at least 24 hours.—
Rita Perwich,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Feb. 2025
Noun
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No shots were fired, but many were struck with nightsticks and rifle butts, and about 250 were arrested.—
Mark Jones,
The Arizona Republic,
21 Oct. 2024
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Some officers wielded nightsticks to force demonstrators out of the parks.—
Michael Loria,
USA TODAY,
27 Apr. 2024
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The job has been getting tougher Aaron Donald redefined the defensive tackle position with an eight-time All-Pro career over 10 seasons, and Jones has picked up the baton for the interior pass rushers since Donald retired.—
Dave Campbell,
Twin Cities,
3 Feb. 2025
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Kerrigan, then 24, got severely bruised on her leg after being hit with a baton one day before a major skating competition.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
30 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There were police with truncheons and tear gas outside the ground.—
Roshane Thomas,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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It’s set 49 years in the future, a time when surveillance drones swarm the skies and shock troops keep the order, truncheons in hand.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
3 Sep. 2024
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During the first Trump administration, the White House tried to use financial cudgels against sanctuary jurisdictions by denying them public safety grants that can be key for law enforcement budgets.—
Tim Sullivan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Jan. 2025
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The shrinkage immediately became a proof point and cudgel taken up by the state’s chest-puffing detractors.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2025
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Related article Holocaust becomes political bludgeon as Netanyahu returns to a country at crossroads Dekel-Chen was 35 years old when he was kidnapped while trying to defend his Nir Oz from Hamas attackers.—
Dana Karni, Ibrahim Dahman and Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
14 Feb. 2025
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This in turn opens up the music, changing it from a bludgeon to a balm.—
Stephen Kearse,
TIME,
8 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Monday was Truck Day, when tens of thousands of baseballs, bats, batting gloves, jerseys, and cases of bubblegum and sunflower seeds begin their journey from Fenway Park to the Red Sox spring training facility in Fort Myers.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
6 Feb. 2025
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Royals owner John Sherman confirmed the club had pursued a top bat.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
4 Feb. 2025
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More importantly, Vance cast himself as an extraordinary exception to his fellow Appalachians, describing ’billies as encased in a toxic amber that kept them from improving their lot and left them embittered with a country that has moved on without them.—
Gustavo Arellano,
Los Angeles Times,
16 July 2024
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Hip-Hop In 2013, the indie-rap lifers billy woods and Elucid joined forces to become Armand Hammer, a clear-eyed, thrilling guerrilla duo with a penchant for cutting through nonsense.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
14 June 2024
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“Mace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mace. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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