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Recent Examples of stain
Verb
The kit comes with pre-cut, drilled, and stained pieces and a digital installation guide. Maggie Horton, People.com, 11 Apr. 2025 Having very high levels of fluoride can result in some erosion of tooth enamel, which can predispose people to tooth staining and can cause little white specks on the teeth, says Oller. Sherri Gordon, Clc, Parents, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
The full lineup of Not Beauty’s lip collection will also include lip stains, lip liners and lip creams. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 16 Apr. 2025 The same goes for toilet cleaner, which is made to tackle tough stains and germs unique to toilet bowls. Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for stain
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stain
Verb
  • Apologies to the late John Lennon, but that song has been tainted for many. Need a break?
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The river is tainted with harmful toxins from industrial waste, trash and untreated sewage.
    Kimberly Dickson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • In addition, fans are excited to pick up official miniatures to paint and portray desperate battles between humans and Xenomorphs on the table top.
    Rob Wieland, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2025
  • Include a beginner's guide to painting to encourage new techniques.
    Jené Luciani Sena, FOXNews.com, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • For example, a small non-shedding dog that rarely goes outside won't dirty a bed nearly as fast as a large labarador that plays outside daily.
    Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Grease dirtied the handles of the ovens, the microwave ovens and the coolers.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The ink blots of the past 20 years are dried all over Metal Gear Solid Delta.
    Ashley Bardhan, Rolling Stone, 6 Feb. 2025
  • How To Get Pen Out Of Clothes Pet Stains Remove any solids and blot wet areas with a paper towel.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Later, colored technical ceramic was developed — but the first blue tone, used by the likes of Richard Mille, IWC, Omega and Hublot, was a bold cobalt, the only pigment then on the market.
    Roberta Naas, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2025
  • The light-colored creamy base creates a smooth canvas that enhances the vibrancy of any pigments—whether their neutrals, shimmer, or fun colors.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 4 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The dashboard was part of an extended pressure campaign from Buttigieg, who, during his tenure in the Biden administration, publicly challenged the major carriers to improve service and transparency—particularly after a summer marred by cancellations and flight delays.
    Bailey Berg, AFAR Media, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Indeed, Delaney’s personal life has been marred by what appears to be a pretty entrenched drinking problem, which has affected her career and led to very un-Diane Russell-like brushes with the law, the Daily Mail and other outlets have reported.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Judges so far seem to believe that the White House is good for its word and will color within the lines of their rulings.
    Ella Lee, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The atra tree snake, named after the Latin word for black, was identified by its size, coloring, and scale pattern.
    Stories by Real-Time news team, with AI summarization, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Unlike a total solar eclipse, when the disk of the sun is completely blackened, an eclipsed moon does not vanish completely from the sky.
    Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 11 Mar. 2025
  • But the negro resents and utterly repudiates the effort to blacken his good name by asserting that assaults upon women are peculiar to his race.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 21 Feb. 2025

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“Stain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stain. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.

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