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adjective

Definition of sandpaperednext
as in scraped

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sandpapered

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verb

past tense of sandpaper
as in filed

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandpapered
  1. scraped
  2. scrubbed
  3. scoured
  4. ground
  5. nibbled
  6. eroded
Verb
  • However, Large Language Models have scraped most of the data that is easily available Expect 2025 to show increasing efforts to obtain data, whether these are business contracts to acquire data, labeling systems to curate yet-untapped data, deploying more sensors, and so on.
    Nisha Talagala, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • These models are trained on vast, unlicensed datasets scraped from internet and music platforms.
    Virginie Berger, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Definition of scraped
Adjective
  • But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 25 May 2024
  • There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.
    Chantha Nguon, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2024
Definition of scrubbed
Verb
  • Three nations scoured the deep waters in 2017 during a $150 million effort supported by Australia, China and Malaysia to find the Boeing 777 that went missing midflight in March 2014.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Olson scoured his medical file and found no evidence to support this claim.
    J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2024
Definition of scoured
Verb
  • Chris Harvey, a CAL FIRE spokesperson, warned on Sunday that firefighting aircraft may need to be grounded because of high winds.
    John Mac Ghlionn, Newsweek, 13 Jan. 2025
  • In this kitchen, lower cabinets and a full wall of built-ins are painted a deep, moody shade of sage that grounds the space and makes the natural wood elements stand out.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2025
Definition of ground
Verb
  • Then hold on a minute, not only is the bulk of the principle and the bulk of the capital lent by Americans to be spent on Americans, but the principle is also likely to be being nibbled away by inflation.
    Clem Chambers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Cocoa collagen cubes might be nibbled on.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 19 Nov. 2024
Definition of nibbled
Verb
  • The host and journalist Garrett Graff, himself a gun owner, contextualizes the past quarter century of mass shootings by laying out the political and legislative maneuvers that have eroded gun-control laws over the previous 50 years.
    Marnie Shure, The Atlantic, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Currents flowing over an area that was eroded long ago by a glacier sweep sediment away, keeping the ancient terrain visible.
    Ashley Balzer Vigil, Ars Technica, 21 Dec. 2024
Definition of eroded
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