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as in to worry
to experience concern or anxiety don't sweat over getting the application in a day late, as it probably doesn't matter

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as in to drip
to flow forth slowly through small openings the oil coat may sweat through this varnish

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as in to interrogate
slang to put a series of questions to the narcotics squad tried sweating the mule, but he was genuinely clueless about the inner workings of the drug operation

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Recent Examples of sweat
Noun
The elements that work here include the relaxed look of her striped top paired with sweats in a contrasting hue, navy blue. Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 14 May 2025 But others may experience fever, chills, sweats, headaches, body aches, loss of appetite, nausea and fatigue. Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 May 2025
Verb
Her devotees are still sweating through workouts at a faded gym in Queens. Alex Vadukul, New York Times, 21 May 2025 Men sweating through their clothes wasn’t her style. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for sweat
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Noun
  • And this year, thousands of year-round and seasonal National Parks workers — including rangers, wildlife researchers and maintenance staff — have been fired and rehired as part of the DOGE efforts to slash the size of the federal government.
    Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 23 May 2025
  • The vast majority of Customer Success leaders (89%) are making scale and efficiency a primary goal of their efforts, according to a survey of research conducted by Gainsight.
    Stephen Diorio, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
Noun
  • Among the problems and setbacks at NASSCO, CRS said, were the accidental flooding of a dry dock in 2018, labor shortages, difficulty getting parts, the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and failures with robotic steel cutting and welding equipment.
    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 May 2025
  • The idea has also drawn criticism from a number of economists and labor advocates.
    Solcyré Burga, Time, 21 May 2025
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  • Some of this fear is rooted in social comparison, but much of it is tied to daily concerns about funding retirement accounts and covering child care costs.
    Eliza Brooke, Vox, 23 May 2025
  • The employee, who did not want to be named out of fear of retaliation for speaking to the news media, said that the N.S.F.’s rigorous review process had been disassembled, and that political mandates had taken precedence over scientific merits when assessing grant proposals.
    Aatish Bhatia, New York Times, 22 May 2025
Noun
  • The chute opens, and rambunctious No. 2 bursts out with an impatient huff.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Volunteers were charged around 25 cents per huff, bringing in good profit for those who’d invested in the necessary gas tanks, tubes, and breathing bags.
    Oshan Jarow, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Verb
  • Rob Crossan January 17, 2025 Marketed as a luxury tourist destination, the Maldives struggles with the legacy of an authoritarian government and the existential threat of climate change.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 May 2025
  • While many companies have struggled to define their policies, bouncing between strict return-to-office mandates and hybrid compromises, Logitech has taken a different path.
    Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
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  • Given the historical biases in hiring practices, many job seekers worry that AI might perpetuate or even amplify these biases.
    Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • In 1956, a survey of over 2,000 professors showed that 61% had been contacted by the FBI; 40% worried that students might misrepresent their politics; and about a quarter would not express their views for fear of the government.
    Time, Time, 20 May 2025
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  • Slowly drip mixture into cold oil to form the ‘caviar’.
    Claudia Alarcón, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Rafael Nadal was a tennis warrior, to be sure: a competitive beast dripping with sweat and relentless in-the-moment ambition who could give the opposition a faraway gaze in a hurry.
    Christopher Clarey, Air Mail, 24 May 2025
Verb
  • Bong, the country’s most beloved movie figure, and allies laid down the gauntlet with their public pressure campaign: the forces that had made the lives of public entertainers so perilous needed to be exposed and interrogated, and the human rights of artists urgently required greater protection.
    Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 21 May 2025
  • Scenes of Gustav and Rachel feeling their way through his script, interrogating the characters’ motivations in rehearsal, encourage audiences to pose the same questions about the surrounding film.
    Peter Debruge, Variety, 21 May 2025

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“Sweat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sweat. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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