as in fried
being under the influence of alcohol
work was so awful that I'm just going to go out and get potted tonight
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Recent Examples of potted
Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Ikea’s fan-favorite Strelitzia plant is a particularly good option for creating visual interest with your potted plants.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2025
Her weapons of choice include a small, mysterious bell engraved with an upside-down triangle and the number 6, and sharp, jagged branches from an ominous-looking potted tree.
—EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The list included pens, soda cans, a potted cactus, a shovel, books, a BBQ scraper, a game controller and even a roll of paper towels.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 12 July 2025
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Verb
How To Plant 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia In The Garden 'Kaleidoscope' Abelia is available from garden centers as potted plants that are easy to establish in the landscape.
—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 26 Aug. 2025
Ikea’s fan-favorite Strelitzia plant is a particularly good option for creating visual interest with your potted plants.
—Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2025
Her weapons of choice include a small, mysterious bell engraved with an upside-down triangle and the number 6, and sharp, jagged branches from an ominous-looking potted tree.
—EW.com, 8 Aug. 2025
The list included pens, soda cans, a potted cactus, a shovel, books, a BBQ scraper, a game controller and even a roll of paper towels.
—Ashley Vega, People.com, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for potted
Adjective
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Purple dough is wrapped around a juicy, savory filling and pan-fried to perfection.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
29 Aug. 2025
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Of course, fried chicken, instant ramen, soda, and chips share a certain inherent junkiness.—
Yasmin Tayag,
The Atlantic,
23 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That reframes how early magnetism seeded galaxies and plasma behavior on the largest scales.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
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Use the spreader again to apply fertilizer to the areas that were seeded.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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In Aurora, some of the attendees became drunk and rowdy.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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She is raped, half-drunk, at a party and bites off a piece of her attacker’s ear.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The concern is that whatever AI safeguards might have been put in place are insufficient and are allowing people to incur mental harm while using generative AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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The siblings put in $15,000 of their own money as an initial investment.—
Ramishah Maruf,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The two girls were killed in a drunken-driving hit-and-run collision, theDepartment of Homeland Security said, by a man in the United States illegally who fled the scene of the crime.—
Taylor Romine,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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Court records show that Nechville was convicted of drunken driving in 2019 and 2023.—
Nick Ferraro,
Twin Cities,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That tree, which was planted back in 1832, becomes the connective tissue literally, biologically and possibly metaphysically, between Tony and two scientists who preceded him at the same institution.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Sep. 2025
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The nursery has cleared water-thirsty plants and planted 100,000 indigenous trees since 2012.—
Heather Richardson,
Travel + Leisure,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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University of Cincinnati researchers and students sampled wet and dry soil in the Burnet Woods valley in June 2025.—
Gillian Stawiszynski,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
11 Sep. 2025
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These aftermarket ultra-high performance summer tires are an excellent choice for driving enthusiasts seeking to maximize grip in both dry and wet conditions (the fitment was 235/40R18—the factory stock size for the Civic Si).—
Michael Harley,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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My parents drilled this into me.—
Kendra MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Jake Cronenworth drilled a comebacker off Brown’s leg for an RBI single.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
7 Sep. 2025
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“Potted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/potted. Accessed 13 Sep. 2025.
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