Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for soak (up)
Verb
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Tonya drinks too much and is blacked out most of the time.—
Murtada Elfadl,
Variety,
30 Mar. 2025 -
Currently, more than 200 million Americans, or about 75% of the population, drink fluoridated water.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Huge fans blow outside air across a liquid that absorbs carbon dioxide molecules.—
David Pogue,
CBS News,
23 Mar. 2025
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The problem that absorbed them takes a key theme in mathematics and turns it into a concrete tool for group theorists.—
Leila Sloman,
WIRED,
23 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Goitein noted that the lawsuit over the deportations can proceed while Judge Boasberg takes up the state secrets arguments, and the case may be able to continue even if the privilege is permitted by the judge.—
Peter Charalambous,
ABC News,
21 Mar. 2025
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Marquinhos, of Paris Saint-Germain, fills one position and the other — the left-sided role that Murillo plays for Forest — is taken up by Arsenal’s Gabriel, a very different type of player.—
Daniel Taylor,
The Athletic,
21 Mar. 2025
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“Soak (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/soak%20%28up%29. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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