Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ashed
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Some e-waste is sent to other countries, where materials may end up incinerated or buried in a landfill.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
30 Jan. 2026 -
The shuttle and its precious human cargo were gone, incinerated in a fireball, debris raining into the Atlantic.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
27 Jan. 2026
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Rohan was first, for Rohan Shivakumar, the Yale student who first analyzed it, and Gondor was next, because, well — the beacons were lit!—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
13 Feb. 2026
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The image that usually beckons of a vintage store is one that is fusty, cramped and dimly lit, filled with garments organized without design or backstory.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Michtom’s Teddy bear—the apostrophe soon disappeared—ignited a craze.—
Alexandra Schwartz,
New Yorker,
9 Feb. 2026
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The Americans ignited a rivalry with Canada that had long been dormant aside from competitive play on the ice.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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If ‘Oxen’ occupies a region of Ulysses where Joyce’s exquisite ear for memorably musical sentences (‘Mild fire of wine kindled his veins’) takes a back seat to the leaden hum of meta-literature, that is no reason not to be awed by his chutzpah.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
5 Feb. 2026
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Watson had kindled a social media friendship with the NBA star and received an invite to one of his exclusive pickup runs.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
14 Jan. 2026
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White has torched the Hornets in their meetings, seemingly saving some of his best performances for whenever Chicago took on Charlotte.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Feb. 2026
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And for what seems like, well, the 23rd time for Texas (14-9, 5-5 SEC), coach Sean Miller tried to make sense of how his defense keeps getting torched by someone else’s backcourt.—
Thomas Jones,
Austin American Statesman,
5 Feb. 2026
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January blazes in Chile killed 23, destroyed over 1,000 structures, and burned 174 square miles in Argentina, including a UNESCO World Heritage site.—
Isabel Debre,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2026
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Bill Maher thinks the bridge between him and Jimmy Kimmel might be burned for good.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Feb. 2026
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Some parts of the restaurant were left heavily charred, while others sustained water damage.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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All this tree’s limbs had been removed and its trunk looked charred from top to bottom.—
Jeanette Marantos,
Los Angeles Times,
1 Feb. 2026
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“Ashed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ashed. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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