as in to cover
to form a layer over
thicken the sauce until it will coat the back of a spoon
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Recent Examples of coat
Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2025
Spots for storage, a coat rack, and a rug that can withstand the weather are all necessities for designing an entryway, but other additions should be avoided at all costs.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
Peter Burke, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
The same is true for floss, which is often made of or coated with plastic.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 20 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Then there’s the interior — a great room of endless marble floors and wide vistas over Jamaica Bay, where a hidden door, leveled against a mirror, reveals itself to hold coats.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Mar. 2025
Spots for storage, a coat rack, and a rug that can withstand the weather are all necessities for designing an entryway, but other additions should be avoided at all costs.
—Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 2 Mar. 2025
Verb
Add brown rice, quinoa, 2 ounces of citrus sauce, salt and pepper and mix until everything is evenly coated.
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—Peter Burke, Fox News, 20 Feb. 2025
The same is true for floss, which is often made of or coated with plastic.
—Kaitlin Sullivan, Health, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for coat
Noun
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In fact, several TikTok users drew comparison between the curly-haired dog's new hairdo and sheep with their distinctive wool.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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Internally, the buds contain 11mm composite wool drivers.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Bailey Berg Bailey Berg is a freelance travel writer and editor, who covers breaking news, trends, tips, transportation, sustainability, the outdoors, and more.—
Bailey Berg,
AFAR Media,
4 Mar. 2025
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Some of these were the 2018 Camp fire that leveled Paradise, the Tubbs fire covering parts of Napa, Sonoma and Lake counties in 2017 and the 2018 Woolsey fire that destroyed a large swath of Malibu.—
Thomas Elias,
The Mercury News,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The style icon — on- and off-screen — paired the black and green dress with a simple silver chain and hoops, and added a touch of warmth with her red hair and complementary glam.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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Jumping on to a motorbike and roaring down the road with the wind in your hair is great feeling, brain damage not so fun.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This is a decision for sports leagues to thoughtfully craft policy that actually takes seriously what is best for all players, not blanket mandates that will undoubtedly have unintended consequences for the safety of all students.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
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The United Nations estimates that there are around 51 million tons of rubble blanketing the Gaza Strip, where bustling neighborhoods once thrived.—
Taylor Luck,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But Maduro’s numbers have been widely discredited by both domestic and international observers, based on both polling prior to the election and tally sheets the opposition was able to recover from voting machines before Maduro’s forces shut down the count.—
Rafael Bernal,
The Hill,
9 Jan. 2025
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Failure to confront and anticipate social and environmental issues and their consequences is being sheeted back to boards and executives.—
The Sorenson Impact Institute,
Forbes,
21 Oct. 2024
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“Coat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/coat. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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