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Recent Examples of caked
Green is slightly stronger for cleaning lightly caked grime, while yellow is strong enough to strip off paint.
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
The interior gauges, caked in 50 years of dust, are beautiful, with a peculiar toggle switch in the center of the dashboard that looks like it was taken from an RAF Spitfire fighter plane.
—Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2026
Two dented blue bottles of Cuajo Titanium, a liquid coagulating enzyme used to curdle milk, remained on a wooden table, caked in mud.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Our boot laces were broken and knotted, our tattered and ice-caked pants flapped around our legs, and at night our wet clothing froze stiff.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
The cul-de-sac at Cooke Circle in Plymouth is caked in more than a foot of snow, and neighbors say a plow has yet to come through.
—Kristina Rex, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Tests showed one product named Bama Slamma – a flower caked in a white powder – contained 13 times the legal limit for THC, two times the Michigan and Minnesota limit for mold, and two types of funguses, both of which are banned in Michigan cannabis.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The off-white cloak caked in clay is deliberately drained of all color.
—Emma Fraser, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Outdated Vanity Lights Is your vanity light caked in dust and smeared with eight different paint colors from two decades of DIY paint jobs?
—Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 16 Feb. 2026
Bestreviews, Mercury News, 17 Apr. 2026
The interior gauges, caked in 50 years of dust, are beautiful, with a peculiar toggle switch in the center of the dashboard that looks like it was taken from an RAF Spitfire fighter plane.
—Jesus R. Garcia, Houston Chronicle, 5 Apr. 2026
Two dented blue bottles of Cuajo Titanium, a liquid coagulating enzyme used to curdle milk, remained on a wooden table, caked in mud.
—Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 27 Mar. 2026
Our boot laces were broken and knotted, our tattered and ice-caked pants flapped around our legs, and at night our wet clothing froze stiff.
—Elwyn "bud" Myers, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
The cul-de-sac at Cooke Circle in Plymouth is caked in more than a foot of snow, and neighbors say a plow has yet to come through.
—Kristina Rex, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Tests showed one product named Bama Slamma – a flower caked in a white powder – contained 13 times the legal limit for THC, two times the Michigan and Minnesota limit for mold, and two types of funguses, both of which are banned in Michigan cannabis.
—Gina Lee Castro, jsonline.com, 19 Feb. 2026
The off-white cloak caked in clay is deliberately drained of all color.
—Emma Fraser, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026
Outdated Vanity Lights Is your vanity light caked in dust and smeared with eight different paint colors from two decades of DIY paint jobs?
—Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 16 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for caked
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Greenhaven had racked up years of health violations, including from letting untrained workers administer medications, lacking enough employees to care for people with dementia, and neglecting a resident who smeared feces over his body, bed, floor, and bathroom, the notice said.—
Jordan Rau,
Miami Herald,
23 Apr. 2026
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Many told me the liberal media had smeared them as racists, xenophobes and misogynists.—
Nataliya Gumenyuk,
The Dial,
21 Apr. 2026
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Such hospitality was reserved for a narrow category of humanity, resembling as closely as possible those local barons whose surnames crusted the stones of local cemeteries.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Apr. 2026
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What's Included Among the entrees are two varieties of salmon (coconut macadamia nut-crusted or grilled), chicken (either grilled or lightly breaded), London broil, marinara beef meatballs and turkey meat loaf.—
Joseph Erbentraut,
Better Homes & Gardens,
15 Mar. 2026
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The gown, made of Duchesse satin from Scotland and silk, was exquisite, with a 15-foot silk tulle train that attached at the shoulders and a bodice encrusted with 10,000 seed pearls and diamanté crystals that formed flowers, roses, jasmine blossoms and ears of wheat.—
Nicole Briese,
PEOPLE,
21 Apr. 2026
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Lopez kept the high-octane showgirl glamour going with a pair of towering cream leather thigh-high boots, which were also encrusted in a crystal diamante pattern.—
Lara Walsh,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 2026
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While this necklace is gold vermeil (coated), it’s designed to last a long time—just make sure not to shower with it on.—
Gina Vaynshteyn,
StyleCaster,
29 Apr. 2026
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The exterior of the ring is coated in titanium, which held up well during two weeks of testing.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Its façade was covered with white tiles that gleamed in the morning light.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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These offsets have allowed Congress to pass larger highway bills even though the HTF has covered a smaller part of the Surface Transportation Program annually.—
Andrew Stasiowski,
Boston Herald,
24 Apr. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Caked.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/caked. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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