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as in mud
soft wet earth he paused in front of the doorway to wipe the slush off of his boots before going inside

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as in corn
something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental a musical that has been reviled as pure slush by the New York critics

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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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verb

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Recent Examples of slush
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 See All Example Sentences for slush
Recent Examples of Synonyms for slush
Noun
  • Lira, remembering the garbage, quickly takes out the trash.
    Cindy Carcamo, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Leave the garbage can open and place it in the sun to fully dry before closing it or putting a garbage bag in it.
    Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • It was filled with -- my ball was covered with mud.
    William Lambers, Newsweek, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The machinery has previously saved elephants from mud pits, rescued dogs from rivers and even removed camels out of muddy swamps.
    Brenton Blanchet, People.com, 7 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Urea can also help remove keratin found in calluses and corns.
    Sherri Gordon, Health, 19 Mar. 2025
  • Get The Recipe 11 of 12 Tee's Corn Pudding In our opinion, corn belongs at every holiday gathering year-round and this classic corn pudding recipe is just the way to serve it.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 18 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Just about everything that can be is made in-house or sourced locally, from the bread by Wild Crafted to pimiento cheese by Nana’s Porch, Joyce Farms chicken, Urban Gourmet mushrooms and local NC oysters (when in season).
    Sunny Hubler, Charlotte Observer, 10 Mar. 2025
  • French Champagne and Italian Parmigiano cheese stand to lose if fresh tariffs are imposed.
    Prarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 10 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • So, if the water pressure suddenly drops off and the sprinklers no longer spray as far as usual, this is a sign that there might be a blockage in the system.
    Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2025
  • The blaze is seemingly just outside of a building, and firefighters' hoses can be seen spraying the plane to put out the fire.
    Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The property also grows its own herbs, greens, nuts, berries, and edible flowers.
    Bianca Salonga, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Focus on whole foods like fruits, leafy green vegetables, fatty fish, nuts, and seeds.
    Lindsay Curtis, Health, 5 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • After the sludge is treated in Fort Worth, it is sent to farms in Johnson, Hill and Wise counties.
    Elizabeth Campbell, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Mar. 2025
  • Haigh confessed to the murders after forensic investigators confirmed the sludge found in his workshop contained human remains, according to The History Press.
    Sean Neumann, People.com, 9 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • When the children got older [my eldest is now 38], trying to find convenient snacks that weren't full of all kinds of junk was challenging.
    Carly Mallenbaum, Axios, 14 Mar. 2025
  • For a piece in this week’s issue, Helfand speaks with all parties involved, and even visits Elvis in his current resting place, amid dusty knickknacks and towering piles of junk in an office behind a mechanic’s garage.
    Hannah Jocelyn, The New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2025

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“Slush.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slush. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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