dusts

verb

present tense third-person singular of dust
as in bombs
to defeat by a large margin the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans

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Recent Examples of dusts Winter is also a wonderful surprise, when soft snow blankets valley trails and dusts the mountaintops. — Lisa Kadane, Travel + Leisure, 23 May 2026 Snow sometimes dusts the surrounding slopes, melting by afternoon into damp earth as manzanita and mountain lilac begin to flower. — Josh Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2026 To demonstrate, Ejae smiles to form creases below her eyes, then dusts some brown powder onto the area. — Jenny Berg, Vogue, 27 Feb. 2026 Light snow dusts the canyon’s upper rims, crowds thin, the air turns crisp, and one of the most magical Christmas experiences in the country appears. — Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 13 Dec. 2025 Snow paints the eaves over us and dusts the clapboard under the window. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025 Trails remain accessible, wildlife is still active and early snow dusts the surrounding Chugach Mountains. — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Each winter, once the autumn leaves blow away and the first snow dusts the landscape, people travel from all across the Northeast (and the country) to soak up the area’s wintry charms and book a stay at one of their many ski resorts. — Abigail Wise, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dusts
  1. bombs
  2. whips
  3. overcomes
  4. buries
  5. pastes
  6. throws
  7. upsets
  8. smokes
Verb
  • The campus is eerily silent, even as Israel attacks Lebanon and the United States bombs Iran.
    — Jonathan Zimmerman, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • The United States bombs Iran's nuclear facilities days later.
    — Erin Mansfield, USA Today, 1 Mar. 2026
Definition of bombs
Verb
  • Castro whips her head around and follows him, punching him in the back.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2026
  • Green whips out his phone with the fluid motion of a digital native and snaps a photo.
    — Hillary Busis, Vanity Fair, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of whips
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  • This approach overcomes limitations in thick-electrode battery manufacturing, creating higher-energy-density batteries suitable for long-range electric vehicles.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Maybe your favorite wrestler finally overcomes insurmountable odds to become a world champion.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of overcomes
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  • Everyone stress-tests the checkout, then quietly buries returns, cancellations and subscription pauses.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026
  • The winter months pass, long nights, a bomb cyclone that buries my basement windows in snow and leaves me to lurk in the dark like a slumbering bear, and then spring arrives abrupt and clanging and golden.
    — Brian Laidlaw, Longreads, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of buries
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  • The sequencer pastes together the strings and the quality scores, along with some other metadata, read by read, to form what is called a FASTQ file.
    — Dmitri Pavlichin, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2018
Definition of pastes
Verb
  • Simmons made some phenomenal throws all over the field, including to his primary receiver, Cayden Lee.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Chicago White Sox third baseman Miguel Vargas (20) throws to first base in the fifth inning of a game against the Cleveland Guardians at Rate Field on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of throws
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  • Speaker Mike Johnson can lose two Republican votes before a third defection upsets the majority.
    — Lauren Peller, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The leader who needs to be liked will, when forced to choose, find a reason to delay the hard conversation, soften the hard feedback, wait one more week on the call that upsets someone whose support feels useful today.
    — Mohamed AL Hashemi, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of upsets
Verb
  • There is a common misconception that someone who smokes only a few cigarettes a day has a small fraction of the cardiovascular risk of someone who smokes a pack a day.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2026
  • That being said, the GS5 absolutely smokes the Harman Kardon speakers in my laptop.
    — Joe Salas July 07, New Atlas, 8 July 2026
Definition of smokes

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“Dusts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dusts. Accessed 9 Oct. 2026.

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