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: a swelling or protuberance like a pimple
Synonyms of pimple
Examples of pimple in a Sentence
a painful pimple on his back
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Pair them with a benzoyl peroxide face wash and pimple-friendly moisturizer to speed up healing.
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 26 May 2026
Baker’s Stanford is a strong candidate, and his book follows in the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Wall Street chronicle Liar’s Poker, but with more pimples and less eye contact.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Julie Schott, cofounder of Starface (whose pimple patches have been seen on everyone from the Biebers to Millie Bobby Brown), shared a similar sentiment in a statement sent to WWD.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Initial staph symptoms include skin reactions resembling pimples, boils or other conditions.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 13 May 2026
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Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 26 May 2026
Baker’s Stanford is a strong candidate, and his book follows in the tradition of Michael Lewis’s Wall Street chronicle Liar’s Poker, but with more pimples and less eye contact.
—Literary Hub, 21 May 2026
Julie Schott, cofounder of Starface (whose pimple patches have been seen on everyone from the Biebers to Millie Bobby Brown), shared a similar sentiment in a statement sent to WWD.
—Kaleigh Werner, Footwear News, 15 May 2026
Initial staph symptoms include skin reactions resembling pimples, boils or other conditions.
—Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 13 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for pimple
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“Pimple.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pimple. Accessed 29 May. 2026.
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