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as in garbage
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
how can you stand to read that slush in the tabloids?
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as in cheese
that which is of low quality or worth
discovered that slush is what publishers want, so that's exactly what she'll write didn't want to put in the effort to produce anything better than slush
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Recent Examples of slush
NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
This season, the valley bottom is still soggy with slush and muck—difficult conditions to work in for forester and fourth-generation Idaho local Chad Ramsay.
—Katie Bradish, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2020
When the bathrooms began flooding, the manager decided the night was canceled, and fans begrudgingly slushed their way out.
—Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
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Noun
The snow has stopped falling in Houston, but all that slush and snow will refreeze tonight, the National Weather Service said.
—NBC News, 22 Jan. 2025
This season, the valley bottom is still soggy with slush and muck—difficult conditions to work in for forester and fourth-generation Idaho local Chad Ramsay.
—Katie Bradish, Outside Online, 15 Jan. 2025
Verb
Kevin Nye attended the Juneau Trump rally, where vehicles, some decked with U.S. flags or banners supporting Trump, lined up Sunday to parade through town as the streets turned to slush from the snow and rain.
—Becky Bohrer, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Nov. 2020
When the bathrooms began flooding, the manager decided the night was canceled, and fans begrudgingly slushed their way out.
—Nellie Bowles, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush
Noun
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The organization also sampled 25 different polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, organic compounds that form when oil, wood or garbage burns.—
Corinne Purtill,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Mar. 2025
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Town Councilman Tim Clayton said the new fee, which will be charged to residential customers, will be effective April 1 and is part of a contractual agreement with Republic Services, the town’s garbage/recycling carrier.—
Deborah Laverty,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2025
Noun
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There’s a bedroom on this floor and a small mud room off the main entrance connects to the garage.—
Michael Kaminer,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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An 82-year-old Louisiana man was rescued by authorities after spending multiple hours stuck in thick mud while fishing.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Noun
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China has responded swiftly to Trump’s tariffs, imposing 15% duties on chicken, wheat, corn and cotton imports from the US.—
Olesya Dmitracova,
CNN Money,
1 Apr. 2025
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China responded with 15% duties on American chicken, wheat, corn and cotton imports.—
Hannah Parry,
MSNBC Newsweek,
31 Mar. 2025
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Ricotta Ricotta is a soft, moist, and sweet cheese.—
Amber J. Tresca,
Verywell Health,
3 Apr. 2025
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Crumble in the blue cheese, then add the corn mixture and toss to combine.—
Scott Clark,
Saveur,
3 Apr. 2025
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The moment when drivers on the podium pick up the bottles of champagne at their feet, shake them up and spray each other stands as one of F1’s most storied traditions.—
Luke Smith,
New York Times,
4 Apr. 2025
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Pulling up your bootstraps and spraying some tough on it is important.—
Mikael Wood,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2025
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The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.—
Bianca Salonga,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
5 Jan. 2025
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More than a billion gallons of coal ash slurry breached a containment pond, inundating 300 acres with toxic sludge and contaminating nearby waterways.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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Only the Greater Los Angeles area distributed more sludge to farmers during the same period.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Jan. 2025
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Other hot zones to hone in on: your junk drawer, your coffee-mug collection, and toy bins in your kid’s room.—
Petra Guglielmetti,
Glamour,
2 Apr. 2025
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The pictures depict a squalid living space, with junk strewn across furniture and floors throughout the home.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
New York Daily News,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Slush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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