as in adhesive
a substance used to stick things together
used glue to stick the photo in the album
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Recent Examples of glue
News Desk,
Artforum,
29 June 2026
My father used a powerful glue to reassemble the cowboy, which twenty-five years later still smelled like orange peels.
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Will MacKin,
New Yorker,
28 June 2026
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
These are not YouTube videos designed to glue children to the screen with quick-cut editing.
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Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Noun
Over the ensuing centuries, well-meaning conservators applied glue to prevent paint from flaking away, unwittingly speeding the frescoes’ deterioration.
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News Desk,
Artforum,
29 June 2026
My father used a powerful glue to reassemble the cowboy, which twenty-five years later still smelled like orange peels.
—
Will MacKin,
New Yorker,
28 June 2026
Verb
Millions around the world will be glued to television screens to watch the opener between Mexico and South Africa, a match that triggers the warm, fuzzy feeling of nostalgia.
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Ben Church,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
These are not YouTube videos designed to glue children to the screen with quick-cut editing.
—
Veronique Greenwood,
Time,
29 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for glue
Noun
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The women scrape the adhesive back into buckets, and the exercise begins again.
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The four-piece set includes two semi-transparent and two transparent shades made from a lightweight, flexible mesh material that utilizes static energy to cling to windows without the need for adhesives or suction cups.
Verb
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Its binding values of labor and community remain relevant, even if today’s Hollywood rarely speaks to them.
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Against a multi-million-dollar realization gap that compounds across years, the investment in capability is rarely the binding constraint.
Verb
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But a new fastest time from UAE’s Florian Vermeersch on June 2 of this year — 23km at an average speed of 75kmh — suggests that not everyone has adhered.
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Decorating rules can be helpful guidelines, but adhering too strictly to conventional wisdom can seriously cramp your style.
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Along with the state-of-the-art sound system at its core, this a place that’s capable of fusing festival vibes with beach like aesthetics – all in an otherwise lazy Vegas afternoon.
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And the premise of Robotech is there is alien technology on Earth that allows for humans to fight back against the incoming aliens by fusing with the technology itself to become mechs.
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Technicians seated along an assembly line were fastening artificial tendons to the fingers to link them with actuators in the wrist.
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The top featured a corset bodice with lace fastening in the back in red, blue and white stripes.
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“Glue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/glue. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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