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Recent Examples of plasters
Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Their technique also involves working with a variety of unexpected materials like plasters, metallic powders and even coffee powder.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Paige makes her own plasters, adding her own pigments to a marble plaster base.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
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Mahmood said the company has already raised $175,000 for the project and that his team is building a series of plasters, Bloomberg reported.
—Jenna Sundel, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2025
Their technique also involves working with a variety of unexpected materials like plasters, metallic powders and even coffee powder.
—Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2025
Paige makes her own plasters, adding her own pigments to a marble plaster base.
—Regina Elling, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plasters
Noun
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Ask for no dressings, sauces, or cheese, pass on the bun, and go for extra lettuce and tomatoes instead.—
Jennifer Berger,
Verywell Health,
27 Apr. 2026
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Another company, which sells wound care products like bandages, dressings, pads and sponges to nursing homes and other medical facilities, plans to raise its prices by 15% in a matter of weeks.—
Anne D’Innocenzio,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Stripes are a prominent feature of many of the vintage activewear trends that caught my eye, and the new Vuori Seamless Euphoric Tank nails the look with a pop of blue lining the otherwise simple top.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
27 Apr. 2026
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There’s a lot to love and appreciate about spring—longer days, nature coming back to life, and a climate that nails the sweet spot between comfortable and warm.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
21 Apr. 2026
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For a lot of people, hemorrhoids can be treated at home, using over-the-counter steroidal creams like hydrocortisone, though they shouldn’t be used for more than a week, Pasricha said.—
Kaitlin Sullivan,
NBC news,
29 Apr. 2026
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Oral supplements or topical curcumin creams applied to the affected skin may provide relief for those with chronic skin conditions.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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This chilling, starkly beautiful ambient piece draws Nebraska’s marginal whispers to the forefront and smears them across the picture plane.—
Sasha Geffen,
Pitchfork,
10 Mar. 2026
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The five pieces offer, in turn, biomorphic hints of de Kooning, the ragged shapes of Clyfford Still, the bold geometries of Ellsworth Kelly, the paint smears of Gerhard Richter, and something that looks like toothpaste squeezed onto an orange peel.—
Zachary Fine,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
Verb
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In a city that continually anoints anoints new noteworthies in the hospitality space, The Connaught remains one of London’s long-lasting greats.—
Katharine Sohn,
Architectural Digest,
20 Mar. 2026
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The episode officially anoints a new captain for the 118 — and sees Harry considering a life fighting fires.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
14 Nov. 2025
Verb
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As the water is likely to demonstrate as Erin batters the coast, the islands face threats not only from the ocean, but also from the large bodies of water to the west, the Albemarle, Pamlico and Currituck Sounds.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
21 Aug. 2025
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Thousands are without power in Puerto Rico as Hurricane Erin batters the Caribbean with heavy rainfall and gusty winds.—
Kayla Hayempour,
NBC news,
18 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.—
Erin Mansfield,
USA Today,
1 Mar. 2026
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Page Six gets a Hollywood edition Papps declined last week to reveal what stories his reporters were chasing and what bombs the political columnists will throw in its first editions.—
Christopher Weber,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Reroll the dough sheets away from you into cylinders and loosely pinch them closed.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Dec. 2025
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“Plasters.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plasters. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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