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as in to taint
to affect slightly with something morally bad or undesirable
her poor choice of companions stained her reputation somewhat
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as in to paint
to give color or a different color to
stained the table to look like cherry
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as in to dirty
to make dirty
oil stained his work pants
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as in blot
a mark of guilt or disgrace
the stain of this cowardly act would haunt him for the rest of his career
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Recent Examples of stain
Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
Wear gloves while cleaning or handling chemicals (such as formaldehyde) that could cause reactions or staining in the nails.
Perform regular maintenance on manicures.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 27 Jan. 2025
Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2025
Step 2: Treating stains with a homemade solution or commercial stain remover.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Replace the stained, ripped, and pilling linens with crisp sets to refresh your bedding and ditch or repurpose the miscellaneous ones in your linen cabinet too.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 25 Jan. 2025
Wear gloves while cleaning or handling chemicals (such as formaldehyde) that could cause reactions or staining in the nails.
Perform regular maintenance on manicures.
—Jenny Berg, Allure, 27 Jan. 2025
Noun
As Romine pointed out, the amount of detergent in one pod may not be enough to clean stains, whereas two can overdo it.
—Mary Cornetta, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Feb. 2025
Step 2: Treating stains with a homemade solution or commercial stain remover.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stain
Verb
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Digital evidence may have been tainted after it was removed from the crime scene by prominent Pennsylvania Judge James Schwartzman, the uncle of Greenberg's fiancé.—
Michael Ruiz,
Fox News,
16 Feb. 2025
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Crew and passenger behavior, breadth of activities, weather, operations — these are just some of the things that can taint love when on an ocean or river cruise.—
David Dickstein,
Orange County Register,
5 Feb. 2025
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Investment banker Andriy Sirko, founding partner of SARS Capital, paints a troubling picture of the alternative to Western investment in Ukrainian weapons production.—
Tamar Jacoby,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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Homes in Memoriam is a collective of artists that paints free home portraits for Los Angeles County families affected by the January wildfires.—
Jessie Schiewe,
Los Angeles Times,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Grease dirtied the handles of the ovens, the microwave ovens and the coolers.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
14 Feb. 2025
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Instead of dirtying a larger pot for your supporting dishes, this quaint cooker will come in handy for quick (or slower simmering) concoctions while matching your kitchen atmosphere.—
Sophia Beams,
Better Homes & Gardens,
14 Jan. 2025
Noun
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There, an opaque, baseball-size blot was visible on his imaging results.—
ByMeredith Wadman,
science.org,
16 Jan. 2025
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The cleaning process is the same as with wool rugs: blot with warm water, working from the outer edge inward.—
Jennifer Beck Goldblatt,
Architectural Digest,
9 Jan. 2025
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Some lasers can’t distinguish well between the pigment in the skin and the treatment target—like hair follicles, age spots, or blood vessels.—
Deanna Pai,
Glamour,
19 Feb. 2025
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Ideal for people who prioritize breathability and a second-skin finish over full-fledged coverage, these foundations come as serums, balms, and BBs—delivering the perfect wash of pigment without any pore-clogging baggage.—
Annie Blackman,
Allure,
2 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Audio issues occasionally marred the broadcast, including brief interruptions of Fonda’s speech.—
Jake Coyle,
Orlando Sentinel,
24 Feb. 2025
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But a New York Times analysis of the $55 billion in savings claimed by DOGE found that the math is marred with accounting errors, incorrect assumptions, outdated data and other mistakes.—
Talmon Joseph Smith,
New York Times,
22 Feb. 2025
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Jordie Bellaire is coloring all the art for the entire series, but also contributed ideas on how to push the gore scenes further, and how to use color choices around the time of day to add atmosphere and nuance to scenes.—
Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Rumors of a feud between Lively and Baldoni began percolating in August 2024, amid the theatrical wide release of the Colleen Hoover adaptation about a partnership colored by a history of domestic violence.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
16 Feb. 2025
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By the end of January, the Palisades and Eaton fires had collectively burned more than 37,000 acres of land, blackened more than 1,500 structures, and claimed 29 lives, according to the New York Times.—
Daniel Cassady,
ARTnews.com,
19 Feb. 2025
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Historians will see the fires that blackened much of Los Angeles this year as one of the state’s most significant events and how recovery is managed, or mismanaged, will be legend.—
Dan Walters,
The Mercury News,
18 Feb. 2025
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“Stain.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stain. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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