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as in ton
a considerable amount
made a pot of money in the real estate market
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as in belly
an enlarged or bulging abdomen
vowed that he would never get a pot, that telltale sign of middle age
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Recent Examples of pot
Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
Adorably packaged in a jelly bear pot, the concentrated and untinted formula quickly plumps and delivers intense moisture with hyaluronic acid.
—Katie Chang, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
Cover the seeds with one-eighth of an inch potting mix.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Coffee Gator Plus Scoop and Funnel ($16): There’s nothing that unique about Coffee Gator’s glass immersion cold-brew coffee pot.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Dec. 2024
Adorably packaged in a jelly bear pot, the concentrated and untinted formula quickly plumps and delivers intense moisture with hyaluronic acid.
—Katie Chang, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
Verb
Fertilize potted camellias with a water-soluble fertilizer for acid-loving plants according to label
directions from spring through mid-summer.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 31 Oct. 2024
Cover the seeds with one-eighth of an inch potting mix.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pot
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Students who demonstrate sustained interest and excellence in a single area—whether STEM, humanities, or the arts—are more likely to stand out in a competitive applicant pool.Dr. Aviva Legatt, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
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And, with 461 cabins, 13 decks, and five pools, Explora II proved to be just the right size of floating hotel for a few days spent mostly at sea—not so big as to be bewildering, but big enough that there was plenty to discover each day.Jesse Ashlock, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Dec. 2024
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The Astros lost a ton of games on purpose, and cashed in the resulting high draft picks into a powerful nucleus that drove their run of success.Tony Blengino, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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This warm hoodie is ideal for a ton of winter activities.Will Porter, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2024
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Hawksbill sea turtles happily flap through the world’s tropical oceans with bellies full of glass-like fragments.Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
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Most great whites are gray on top with white bellies, but Gauana’s drone camera showed a roughly 5-foot-long shark pup that had more white on its body than normal.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Dec. 2024
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This year, the Sun Devils were seeded fourth and got a bye in the first iteration of the 12-team College Football Playoff.Bruce Feldman, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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An attractive, reliable, tough plant that seeds easily, the purple toadflax was presented to someone in Victorian times as a way of expressing gratitude and high regard.New York Times Games, New York Times, 21 Dec. 2024
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Some residents express frustration that international corporations, nonprofits and the Peruvian state are letting the cost of conservation fall on some of the country’s most vulnerable populations.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Dec. 2024
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Experts say the growing anger against corporations needs to be addressed.Ivan Pereira, ABC News, 23 Dec. 2024
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Everyone was targeted; everyone was put in equal danger.Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
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Please do not put in your trash can items such as oil, gas, automotive fluids, poisons, acids, batteries (unless battery terminals have non-conductive tape and are placed in a plastic bag), fireworks as well as gun powder or ammunition.Tom Kilgore, Austin American-Statesman, 19 Dec. 2024
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Almost two dozen digital health companies went public through an initial public offering or special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, that year, up from the previous record of eight in 2020.Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 24 Dec. 2024
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Plane and helicopter pilots reported dozens of incidents of lasers being pointed at them over New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania in early December.Michael Wilson, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
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For example, butterflies in the stomach describes nervousness, a weight on the shoulders is a sense of responsibility and a lump in the throat represents sadness.Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
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Higher yields may make equity market valuations even tougher to stomach, but that’s not a near-term concern, according to Kevin Khang, senior international economist at Vanguard.Jesse Pound, CNBC, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Pot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pot. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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