as in nuts
language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense
I was starting to realize that Grandpa's tales about when he was a boy were a lot of fudge
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1
as in to weasel
to avoid giving a definite answer or position
the candidate was criticized for fudging on most of the questions during the debate
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as in to cheat
to use dishonest methods to achieve a goal
she's been fudging on her taxes for years
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as in to distort
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
fudged the facts about his educational background so he could get the position
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Recent Examples of fudge
Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025
Shops in Santa Village sell ornaments, snow globes, candy, fudge, and toys and kids can take pictures with Santa Claus in a cozy cabin.
—Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 13 Mar. 2025
Stunningly delicious mouthful of black and red fruit, maple syrup, fudge as well as black pepper.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Frostings and icings: Invert sugar improves silkiness and smoothness in fudges, fondant, icings, frostings, and ganache.
—Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 8 May 2025
Shops in Santa Village sell ornaments, snow globes, candy, fudge, and toys and kids can take pictures with Santa Claus in a cozy cabin.
—Brittany Anas, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
Verb
There are some questions in political life, alas, that can’t be fudged.
—Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 13 Mar. 2025
Stunningly delicious mouthful of black and red fruit, maple syrup, fudge as well as black pepper.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fudge
Noun
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Use it to find and retrieve stray nuts or bolts in any crevice.—
Nora Colomer,
FOXNews.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Without that pollination, almond trees produce only 200 pounds of nuts per acre.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Trying to weasel things by providing additional levels is abhorrent.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
20 Nov. 2024
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But when Douglas doesn’t invite her to the business dinner, the show suddenly takes a turn into wacky sitcom territory, with Maxine trying to weasel her way into Douglas’s business to meet and invite the Prince to the Beach Ball.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
10 Apr. 2024
Verb
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The responsibility and reasoning behind infidelity lie solely with the person who cheated.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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After reconciling, the former couple still faced several challenges, including cheating allegations and public social media fallouts.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
30 May 2025
Verb
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Noise can distort observations and introduce uncertainties into the data, Zhang said.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
6 June 2025
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The history of financial regulation has clarified the problems with this approach, but somehow that history still gets badly distorted.—
Norbert Michel,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
Noun
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Beyond that, the show is mostly content to amble along, loping toward the green and from time to time indulging in odd bits of nonsense.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
4 June 2025
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Yet Towns has proven, one moment at a time, that reputation, that narrative is a bunch of nonsense.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
31 May 2025
Verb
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In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (R) after a signing ceremony following their bilateral talks at Kumsusan state residence in Pyongyang, on June 19, 2024.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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The ban, now on emergency pause by Burroughs, already has shaken some of the world’s brightest thinkers at a school often heralded as a premier global hub of higher learning.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
28 May 2025
Verb
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In other cases, studies in the report were misrepresented, according to the researchers who conducted them.—
Brenda Goodman,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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Its job is to present your skills and experience—your career story—in the best possible light without misrepresenting your qualifications.—
Suzanne Blake,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 May 2025
Noun
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Duluth, Minnesota, has installed effective and unobtrusive signs at each beach entrance next to a garbage receptacle.—
John Michael Pierobon,
Sun Sentinel,
25 May 2025
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Allegiance The Resistance, led by General Leia Organa, regroups on the garbage planet Anoat, while Finn and Poe go on a secret mission to retrieve a weapons cache to increase their dwindling arsenal.—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
25 May 2025
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“Fudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fudge. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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