as in whipped
to defeat by a large margin
the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans
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Recent Examples of dusted
The latest flurries that dusted parts of the Sierra Nevada this week are unlikely to do much to ease California’s snow drought.
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Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The Milk Bar Pie Doughnut resembles Tosi's signature Milk Bar Pie and is made with an unglazed shell doughnut filled with buttery pie filling, dipped in caramel icing and rolled in oat cookie topping, then dusted with a sweet, powdered coating.
—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
The item features chicken nuggets breaded with tortilla chip crumbs and dusted with seasoning made with its own Diablo Sauce, the news release said.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
The team also dusted for fingerprints and searched for hairs, fibers and touch DNA evidence.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
The summits of Mount Hamilton and Mount Diablo may even get dusted with snow.
—Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2026
The nut mix has almonds, pecans, coated cashews, and crispy bread chips, all dusted in a flavorful garlic butter seasoning blend.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
The best cinnamon squares are dusted with cinnamon-sugar powder that delivers an instant blast of flavor.
—Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
To the naked eye, the rings looked as if they were dusted with chalk or snow, Glover said.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
The Milk Bar Pie Doughnut resembles Tosi's signature Milk Bar Pie and is made with an unglazed shell doughnut filled with buttery pie filling, dipped in caramel icing and rolled in oat cookie topping, then dusted with a sweet, powdered coating.
—Kelly McCarthy, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2026
The item features chicken nuggets breaded with tortilla chip crumbs and dusted with seasoning made with its own Diablo Sauce, the news release said.
—Fielding Buck, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
The team also dusted for fingerprints and searched for hairs, fibers and touch DNA evidence.
—Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 Apr. 2026
The summits of Mount Hamilton and Mount Diablo may even get dusted with snow.
—Anthony Edwards, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Apr. 2026
The nut mix has almonds, pecans, coated cashews, and crispy bread chips, all dusted in a flavorful garlic butter seasoning blend.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
The best cinnamon squares are dusted with cinnamon-sugar powder that delivers an instant blast of flavor.
—Jolene Thym, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
To the naked eye, the rings looked as if they were dusted with chalk or snow, Glover said.
—Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dusted
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Emery had been incessant in wanting shorter, faster balls from his deeper players, with Villa’s best opportunity of the afternoon stemming from brave passing in combination in the first half, coaxing Fulham onto them before John McGinn whipped a ball into the space behind.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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Many in the room whipped out their cameras to start filming, and made the rounds to glean and share details.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
26 Apr. 2026
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Imagine being a parent of one of the one hundred and seventy-five girls who died when their school was bombed.—
Charles Bethea,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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That put out of business one of the country’s largest Klan organizations, the same group that bombed Birmingham’s 16th Street Baptist Church in 1963, killing four Black girls.—
Josh Meyer,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2026
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The houses, deemed radioactive, had been levelled and buried, along with the apple orchard.—
Lizzie Johnson,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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This idea that just sitting with your face buried in your phone when you’re supposed to be in a social setting—that’s lame, right?—
Charlie Warzel,
The Atlantic,
24 Apr. 2026
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This one is infused with marrow and topped with radish, plus more onion, cilantro and salsa on those beautiful blue corn tortillas.—
Louisa Kung Liu Chu,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Apr. 2026
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International benchmark Brent Crude topped $112 a barrel Tuesday with no clear indication of an imminent resolution to the war that has severely constrained shipping traffic through the strait.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The tornado ripped off roofs, flattened trees and toppled gravestones at the Belton Cemetery.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
25 Apr. 2026
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Hundreds of buildings – most of which appear to be homes – have been either completely flattened or rendered uninhabitable.—
Zeena Saifi,
CNN Money,
24 Apr. 2026
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Benintendi's two-run double off Nick Sandlin (0-1) trimmed the Angels' lead to one.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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Benintendi’s two-run double off Nick Sandlin (0-1) trimmed the Angels’ lead to one.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Jaka Bijol could not get a handle on Joao Pedro, Ethan Ampadu and Ao Tanaka were overrun in midfield, and Tosin Adarabioyo smothered Dominic Calvert-Lewin.—
Beren Cross,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Archaeologists at the ancient Roman site of Pompeii have used artificial intelligence for the first time to digitally reconstruct the face of a victim of the AD 79 eruption of Mount Vesuvius that smothered the city, offering a new way to understand one of history's most famous natural disasters.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Apr. 2026
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While traditional wallpaper is meticulously pasted to a wall, peel-and-stick attaches quickly with an adhesive backing.—
Shagun Khare,
Martha Stewart,
16 Apr. 2026
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They were raised in congressional hearings and pasted on posters in anti-ICE demonstrations.—
Mica Rosenberg,
ProPublica,
20 Mar. 2026
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“Dusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dusted. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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