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Recent Examples of castor
The slim wand grips even tiny lashes, coating them with nourishing ingredients like castor and sunflower seed oils, while adding length that doesn’t look over-the-top.
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Shalwah Evans, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2025
Most people who experience ricin poisoning ingest the castor beans.15
A Quick Review
Castor oil is an oil derived from the Ricinus communis plant.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Most of the global production of castor seed is concentrated in India, where the crop thrives in semi-arid regions with minimal water, fertilizer, or pesticide inputs.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
The men’s look is a castor gray and sage camo baggy fleece set featuring utility details.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Shalwah Evans, Glamour, 31 Dec. 2025
Most people who experience ricin poisoning ingest the castor beans.15
A Quick Review
Castor oil is an oil derived from the Ricinus communis plant.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 29 Oct. 2025
Most of the global production of castor seed is concentrated in India, where the crop thrives in semi-arid regions with minimal water, fertilizer, or pesticide inputs.
—Dianne Plummer, Forbes.com, 20 Sep. 2025
The men’s look is a castor gray and sage camo baggy fleece set featuring utility details.
—Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for castor
Noun
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The dining room table, where the sisters wrote, is strewn with manuscripts, quill pens and tea cups; a bonnet and shawl bedeck a chair in the small kitchen.—
Culture Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
14 May 2026
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This is a motorcar with a very long bonnet, very long tail and a very short cabin.—
Morgan Korn,
ABC News,
8 May 2026
Noun
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Another promotional video for Rededicate 250 blends various Christian and American imagery — scenes of a cross laid on an American flag, a robed choir, people raising their hands in worship — along with a brief scene of a man praying while wearing a Jewish skullcap.—
Peter Smith,
Chicago Tribune,
14 May 2026
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Shloime Rand, 34, was stabbed in the chest outside a synagogue, puncturing his lung, and Norman Shine, 76, who was wearing a traditional Jewish skullcap, was stabbed in the neck at a bus stop.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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While working on his stroke under the afternoon sun in an empty ballpark, wearing shorts, a basketball jersey and a backwards baseball cap, the right-hander was able to watch several of his high drives land beyond the center-field wall.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 May 2026
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The nearby officer, who wore a baseball cap and t-shirt, didn’t know that.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
20 May 2026
Noun
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All of the suspects were dressed head-to-toe in black, with some wearing hoods and masks.—
Peter D'Abrosca,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
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The dress had a hood attached that acted as a veil; when Taylor removed it, the dress transformed into an off-the-shoulder stunner.—
Julie Tremaine,
PEOPLE,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Crosby stretched off to the side with no helmet or jersey as practice began.—
Sam Warren,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Muncy immediately tapped his helmet to challenge the call and was rewarded with a walk when ABS showed it off the plate.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
20 May 2026
Noun
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One of the most popular traditional costumes was the bauta, which consisted of a full mask, a cape that covered the head and shoulders, and a tricorn or cocked hat.—
Elizabeth Djinis,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Feb. 2024
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Heather Wilson, a nurse anesthetist, wore huge fake eyelashes and an absurd cocked hat.—
William Finnegan,
The New Yorker,
15 May 2021
Noun
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Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, now the first American Pope, is seen here receiving his biretta from Pope Francis at the Vatican on Sept. 30, 2023.—
Rebecca Schneid,
Time,
9 May 2025
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Cardinals from Brunei and the Philippines could not travel and will receive their ring and biretta from a papal delegate.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
28 Nov. 2020
Noun
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Queen Elizabeth matched her pillbox hat to her coat, which was accented with a large brooch, while out in London in 1977.—
Andrea Wurzburger,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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For the mom-of-three, that meant a powder blue a-line dress coat paired with a matching pillbox hat, clutch, and stilettos; Charlotte, meanwhile, opted for a floral dress, a navy cardigan, ribbed tights, and mary-jane shoes.—
Emma Banks,
InStyle,
12 Apr. 2026
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“Castor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/castor. Accessed 22 May. 2026.
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