Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for stoppers
Noun
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In fact, the seals landed in the same statistical range as nursery rhymes, where repetition and predictability help a message carry and be remembered.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
11 Sep. 2025 -
Still, Drury said, make sure to drive it in the rain, too, before buying it to see whether there are any leaky seals or foggy headlights or taillights.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
Freep.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Daniel picks it up, plugs it in, and looks through it.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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Using a traditional electronic device cord, the owner plugs an inductive charging plate into an outlet.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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They are crafted with whole animal proteins and formulated without artificial fillers.—
Adam Mills,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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The 45-second exercise forces you to strip away the fillers and focus on making every word count.—
Carmine Gallo,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Even so, with a $94 million deficit forecasted in 2027, Levine Cava warned commissioners earlier this month that Miami-Dade would have to use one-time funding patches to bring back charity grants in 2026.—
Douglas Hanks,
Miami Herald,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Hawthorne Blue quilt has a patchwork-like appearance that mixes and matches several patches of plaid blue fabric together for a homey, personalized feel.—
Stephanie Osmanski,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Sep. 2025
Verb
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But in the late 1970s, researchers began to learn that the drugs helped flood the brain with gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA, which in essence blocks your nervous system from receiving too many activation signals.—
P.E. Moskowitz
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The anti-blue lens blocks 90% of blue light and protects your eyes from electronics and everyday life.—
Jacquelyn Smith,
Parents,
11 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Typically said when someone copies a trend, latches onto a friend's obsession, or just teases in a playful way.—
Annabelle Canela,
Parents,
5 Sep. 2025
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That against-the-odds spirit is what the documentary crew latches onto as the thread tying their story together.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At the bottom is my backup lover, Toby, who struggles making his fillings and has to make them again.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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His positively pretty take on the ubiquitous street snack pani puri, a crispy shell with assorted fillings and a spiced water, for example, involves a delicate buckwheat tart cradling zippy passionfruit and apple that’s adorned with tiny edible flowers.—
Katie Chang,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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That fur gradually clogs up air filters and makes your heating and cooling less efficient.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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Along with the swamp eels, scientists in the USGS Wetland and Aquatic Research Center have been most concerned about the spread of Cuban tree frogs, which secrete noxious chemicals that are harmful to humans, and alligatorweed, which clogs waterways that can impact infrastructure.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Stoppers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stoppers. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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