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sandpapered

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verb

past tense of sandpaper

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sandpapered
Verb
  • These models are trained on vast, unlicensed datasets scraped from internet and music platforms.
    Virginie Berger, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
  • However, Large Language Models have scraped most of the data that is easily available Expect 2025 to show increasing efforts to obtain data, whether these are business contracts to acquire data, labeling systems to curate yet-untapped data, deploying more sensors, and so on.
    Nisha Talagala, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • But ground teams detected the helium leak in Starliner's service module in the aftermath of the scrubbed countdown.
    Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 25 May 2024
  • There were no young girls floating by in elegant dresses, no scrubbed and spoiled children dressed in their finery and dragged toward churches and pagodas, no whisper of music drifting out of windows.
    Chantha Nguon, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Feb. 2024
Verb
  • Olson scoured his medical file and found no evidence to support this claim.
    J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Three nations scoured the deep waters in 2017 during a $150 million effort supported by Australia, China and Malaysia to find the Boeing 777 that went missing midflight in March 2014.
    Ashleigh Fields, The Hill, 20 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • So, what keeps this young group grounded as the pressure mounts?
    Sindiswa Mabunda, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
  • This highly professional and grounded attitude is hardly surprising given Williams' extensive experience in the U.S. military and many, many hours logged in space.
    Sean Mowbray, Discover Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • As guests sipped champagne and nibbled on delicate confections, the evening unfolded in relaxed elegance.
    Kristen Bateman, Vogue, 10 Mar. 2025
  • And in the tearoom, customers sipped homemade soups and nibbled fresh sandwiches and salads.
    Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 9 Feb. 2025
Verb
  • But yet over the course of the 20th century, that land base eroded and in some instances slowly, but then in other instances rapidly.
    Tax Notes Staff, Forbes.com, 8 Apr. 2025
  • Ruins eroded into the Thames, and cargo carted from ship to shore fell overboard.
    Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2025
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“Sandpapered.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sandpapered. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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