as in defeat
failure to win a contest
our team's most recent plastering is just plain sad
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as in nailing
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as in smearing
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as in battering
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Recent Examples of plastering
Reuters, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2024
In 2019, Sohui Kim and Ben Schneider, the married couple behind the Good Fork, in Red Hook, and Insa, in Gowanus, along with St. John Frizell, of Red Hook’s Fort Defiance, restored them to their former glory, with a fresh plastering of William Morris wallpaper.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2022
The apartment features walls of different textures and upholsteries, including suede leather and hand plastering.
—Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2022
Internally, the three-story abode has new hardwood windows, traditional limestone plastering and wide-board oak flooring that has been meticulously restored.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2022
For years, the city and its residents have met the monsoon with precautionary measures including the clearing of municipal drains and the plastering of leaky roofs.
—Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2022
The former Thomasina Tupponce, daughter of Thomas Tupponce, owner of a plastering business, and his wife, Hester Tupponce, a homemaker, was born in Washington, the fourth of seven children.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 8 Aug. 2021
After a hailstorm a few years ago, the entire exterior got a makeover, including a new roof, windows and re-plastering by hand and a paint job.
—Janice O'Leary, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2021
Manuela Krager’s protest involved her plastering signs throughout her town to demonstrate her opposition to the odor in the Tölzer Kasladen cheese shop in Bad-Heilbrunn, a town 40 miles south of Munich.
—Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2019
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Archaeologists also found amphorae storage jars which were used to ‘quench’ the lime used for plastering as well as to store other tools, from lead weights used to erect a perfectly vertical wall, to iron hoes to prepare mortar and work lime.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Mar. 2024
In 2019, Sohui Kim and Ben Schneider, the married couple behind the Good Fork, in Red Hook, and Insa, in Gowanus, along with St. John Frizell, of Red Hook’s Fort Defiance, restored them to their former glory, with a fresh plastering of William Morris wallpaper.
—Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2022
The apartment features walls of different textures and upholsteries, including suede leather and hand plastering.
—Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 31 Oct. 2022
Internally, the three-story abode has new hardwood windows, traditional limestone plastering and wide-board oak flooring that has been meticulously restored.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Sep. 2022
For years, the city and its residents have met the monsoon with precautionary measures including the clearing of municipal drains and the plastering of leaky roofs.
—Vaishnavi Chandrashekhar, The Atlantic, 7 Feb. 2022
The former Thomasina Tupponce, daughter of Thomas Tupponce, owner of a plastering business, and his wife, Hester Tupponce, a homemaker, was born in Washington, the fourth of seven children.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 8 Aug. 2021
After a hailstorm a few years ago, the entire exterior got a makeover, including a new roof, windows and re-plastering by hand and a paint job.
—Janice O'Leary, Robb Report, 24 Feb. 2021
Manuela Krager’s protest involved her plastering signs throughout her town to demonstrate her opposition to the odor in the Tölzer Kasladen cheese shop in Bad-Heilbrunn, a town 40 miles south of Munich.
—Joshua Bote, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for plastering
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Russian cartoons cast him as Napoleon Bonaparte riding towards defeat in Russia in 1812.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
6 Mar. 2025
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Arsenal has now won five Champions League games in a row, a run stretching back to November’s 1-0 defeat against Inter Milan.—
George Ramsay,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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The most notable challenge was, of course, nailing the right shade of green for Cynthia Erico’s Elphaba.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
23 Dec. 2024
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One of the main elements in creating a comfortable environment for guests in your home is nailing the perfect thermostat temperature.—
Patricia Shannon,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Dec. 2024
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Arriving with purpose, the battering-ram figure of Nikola Milenkovic forced home a header.—
Paul Taylor,
The Athletic,
16 Dec. 2024
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The cyclone has continued its destructive path, making landfall in northern Mozambique after battering the nearby islands of Comoros and Madagascar.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
16 Dec. 2024
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Related article Iran accuses detained British couple of spying Flogging is a form of beating that involves a whip or rod and is commonly administered to the person’s back.—
Artemis Moshtaghian and Nadeen Ebrahim,
CNN,
5 Mar. 2025
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Prosecutors told the panel that the beatings that killed little Ayden began the day before his death.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
5 Mar. 2025
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Adding connections on LinkedIn, posting about your work, and crucially, boosting others’ work are all powerful ways to make connections within your industry, and take a lot of the awkwardness out of in-person conversations.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes,
24 Dec. 2024
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Mangione's supporters have flocked to social media, posting videos admiring the 26-year-old Ivy League graduate for the crime he has been accused of and even his looks.—
Hannah Parry,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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If the club compounds the loss of Miller’s offensive value by also losing Boeser, whether that happens this week or this summer, then the need for Canucks management to pull a rabbit out of a hat in grafting high-end attacking juice into the lineup will become even more urgent.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
5 Mar. 2025
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McIlroy’s Boston team needed to beat New York Golf Club on Monday to qualify for the playoffs but fell to a 10-6 loss.—
Ben Church,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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At 5-foot-7 and 207 pounds, he is considered undersized for the NFL, but he’s proved able to carry a heavy workload and can take a licking.—
Chris Hays,
Orlando Sentinel,
28 Feb. 2025
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However, be cautious as licking does not automatically mean love.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
8 Feb. 2025
Verb
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For instance, rather than bombarding consumers with repetitive, irrelevant ads, AI systems might craft a sequence of evolving messages, designed to resonate as a customer’s preferences or actions change.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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The ban gained momentum in the wake of widespread protests on college campuses against Israel after its forces started bombarding the Gaza Strip following the October 7, 2023, Hamas attack that killed about 1,200.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
6 Dec. 2024
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“Plastering.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/plastering. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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