as in sludge
something (as a work of literature or music) that is too sentimental a story about a lost puppy that was pure corn

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Recent Examples of corn Available at home improvement stores, some grocery stores, and most pumpkin patches, corn stalks are an affordable and impactful decor option for a fall porch. Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025 While most endophyte studies are lab or greenhouse based, there have been field trials for multiple crops, including Doty’s work in poplars and corn. Anna Marija Helt, JSTOR Daily, 17 Sep. 2025 Also featured were 19opportunity drawing baskets, nine silent auction items, food ranging from hamburgers and bratsto nachos and kettle corn, and several vendors. Maureen Robertson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Sep. 2025 The Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival, hay rides, corn festivals, and pumpkin patches are all family-friendly ways to ring in the season. Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 16 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for corn
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Noun
  • The Little Calumet, just blocks from where Steagall used to live, had shores like quicksand from all the toxic sludge and the Grand Calumet River was one of the most polluted bodies of water emptying into Lake Michigan.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Desalinating that water, however, would produce tons of brine, or super-salty sludge, as waste.
    Austin Corona, AZCentral.com, 15 Sep. 2025
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  • Once the goo is on her, ideally, Ellen will just chill until the substance cures or whatever the heck it’s supposed to do.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 19 Sep. 2025
  • One of these lands on his arm and sprays a weird metallic goo into Tootles’s face.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

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“Corn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/corn. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.

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