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as in coating
to form a layer over
leaves blanketed all of the land around the house
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as in concealing
to keep secret or shut off from view
blanketed the secret memo from the news media
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as in extinguishing
to cause to cease burning
firefighters managed to blanket the fire with foam
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Recent Examples of blanketing
On Friday morning, a quick snow shower will move through Michigan, Indiana and Ohio, blanketing the states in a dusting to 2 inches of snow.
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Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026
Some people went for a jog, others brought out their pets for a taste of the frozen precipitation blanketing the Charlotte region on Saturday.
—Emily Broyles, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2026
Frigid winter weather is blanketing other parts of the country.
—Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Snow continued falling across Andover on Monday, blanketing the town with nearly 20 inches of powder and counting.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The anime features an alternative version of the 20th century in which technological progress evolved along a different path shaped by steam power, blanketing the Japanese city of Kyoto in smoke.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
With a winter storm blanketing a large swath of the country, Hollywood had its quietest weekend of the year at the box office.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
The impacts of a winter storm crossing the United States have already begun, with snow blanketing parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
In a power outage, keeping warm can mean hunkering down in one room of the house, blanketing the windows and doors overnight, and staying put.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2026
Some people went for a jog, others brought out their pets for a taste of the frozen precipitation blanketing the Charlotte region on Saturday.
—Emily Broyles, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2026
Frigid winter weather is blanketing other parts of the country.
—Leah Olajide, Freep.com, 29 Jan. 2026
Snow continued falling across Andover on Monday, blanketing the town with nearly 20 inches of powder and counting.
—Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
The anime features an alternative version of the 20th century in which technological progress evolved along a different path shaped by steam power, blanketing the Japanese city of Kyoto in smoke.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 26 Jan. 2026
With a winter storm blanketing a large swath of the country, Hollywood had its quietest weekend of the year at the box office.
—Jake Coyle, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2026
The impacts of a winter storm crossing the United States have already begun, with snow blanketing parts of Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
—Irene Wright, USA Today, 24 Jan. 2026
In a power outage, keeping warm can mean hunkering down in one room of the house, blanketing the windows and doors overnight, and staying put.
—Nancy Walecki, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanketing
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This practice of coating paper with wax dates back through the 19th century, as a way to keep moisture and odors out of different food items.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
9 Feb. 2026
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The sun comes out, coating the top layer of the icy snow with water, and suddenly, the track is a half-second faster.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
7 Feb. 2026
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Within days of these online solicitations, the August 10 incident occurred where the suspect arrived at the victim’s address wearing a mask and gloves, possibly concealing a firearm and inquired about the victim.—
Greg Norman-Diamond,
FOXNews.com,
6 Feb. 2026
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The Iranian economy is a grand hall of mirrors, concealing criminal theft on an epic scale.—
Azadeh Moaveni,
Time,
3 Feb. 2026
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The ocean followed her, flooding the holes, extinguishing the heat.—
Tommy Orange,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Jan. 2026
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Firefighters began extinguishing the flames, and immediately conducted searches for victims.—
Deanese Williams-Harris,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Jan. 2026
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In a media landscape increasingly defined by power and influence, the emails offer journalists a cautionary tale and a road map for covering the elite.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Venevision, which like most private networks dropped coverage critical of the government in recent years, has reopened its airwaves to anti-government voices, covering opposition leader María Corina Machado's every move in Washington since Maduro's capture.—
EGINA GARCIA CANO,
Arkansas Online,
8 Feb. 2026
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An exhibition in Beijing delving into anonymity, a key code of the house stemming back to the founder Martin Margiela’s Greta Garbo-like ways — and the face-obscuring masks that have been a feature of the brand since the Belgian maverick arrived on the international fashion scene.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
10 Feb. 2026
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The shooters were in the parked Chevrolet Equinox for three minutes and 19 seconds before getting out, carrying rifles and with fabric obscuring their faces.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated February 6,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Feb. 2026
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Both teens are hiding secrets; Johnny, a potentially devastating injury and Shannon, a troubled and violent homelife.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2026
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The discovery of unusually warm molecular hydrogen in these LLAGN is a testament to the unexpected complexity hiding in plain sight.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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But Vance’s false accusations at last year’s conference – that Europe is suppressing freedom of speech and democracy, and facing civilizational decline – are now enshrined in US national security strategy.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
15 Feb. 2026
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Reinterpreting the history of slavery has given way to suppressing its memorialization entirely.—
Thomas Chatterton Williams,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2026
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In her ruling Monday, Snyder blocked only the ban on masking by federal agents, and on seemingly narrow grounds.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Feb. 2026
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Soon after the Oman talks concluded, the State Department imposed sanctions to target a web of shipping companies, vessel operators, and tankers used to transport Iranian oil products abroad while masking the origin.—
Claire Carter,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Feb. 2026
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“Blanketing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanketing. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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