as in whipped
to defeat by a large margin
the inexperienced sprinter somehow dusted the field of veterans
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Recent Examples of dusted
Farther north, snow dusted Bologna and gave skiers in the Dolomites reason to cheer, though freezing temperatures are forecast for much of the north and central part of the peninsula over the coming days.
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Mike Corder, Los Angeles Times, 6 Jan. 2026
But in the last 25 years — starting with what was considered at the time the madness of England’s two-day defeat of West Indies at Headingley in 2000 — 12 have been done and dusted on day two.
—Paul Newman, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2026
Her work complements the liquid art inside that’s malty with a hint of spices, toffee and dusted cocoa.
—Jay R. Brooks, Mercury News, 31 Dec. 2025
Cut into 9 squares; serve dusted with powdered sugar.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 30 Dec. 2025
The simple cheese gives you a great opportunity to taste the toasty dough, punchy tomato sauce and creamy mozzarella dusted with a bit of pecorino.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 29 Dec. 2025
As Bonitto dusted Raiders tackle DJ Glaze, Franklin-Myers shoved Las Vegas’s Jackson Powers-Johnson back so deep that quarterback Geno Smith had no space to step up.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 21 Dec. 2025
The air smelled of hot aebleskiver (pancake balls dusted with powdered sugar) and roasted almonds.
—Tamara Shopsin, Travel + Leisure, 16 Dec. 2025
Typically flavored with anise, orange zest, and orange blossom water, the round loaves are traditionally adorned with pieces of dough in the shape of crossbones and are often dusted with sugar.
—Luisa Navarro, Saveur, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dusted
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While eating at the restaurant with her parents, Black begged for her own tasty drink and the bartender whipped one up, naming it after her.—
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Oversized boards and platters layered with cheeses, charcuterie, fresh produce, whipped butters and compotes serve as both menu and décor, encouraging guests to snack, wander, and eat at their own pace.—
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It’s been a few days since the United States bombed the Venezuelan capital in an operation that resulted in the capture of Chavista President Nicolás Maduro and First Lady Cilia Flores.—
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This year, the United States has bombed Iran, Syria, Nigeria and Venezuela.—
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Rescue workers searched on Friday for dozens of people buried under a mountain of garbage that collapsed at a landfill in the central Philippines, killing at least one.—
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Prince, who buried her 700th career point in the fourth quarter, scored 15 of her points in the second half after holding off a late surge from the Hoosiers (11-6, 0-5 Big Ten) in the third quarter.—
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Micro bangs These cheeky micro bangs topped our experts’ predictions for 2026.—
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Jadon Beatty scored 20 points, Jack Olinto added 18 points and Marty McDonagh put up 12 points as Archbishop Williams topped Bishop Fenwick 82-58 in a Catholic Central League matchup.—
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But the top 20 pieces — 10 free, 10 behind our STAT+ paywall — are more interesting and revealing than that list, with each story adding important nuance and personal voices to debates often flattened into pro or con.—
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Confronting such dramatic mutations requires interpretive and historical learning and the willingness to perceive politics as a dense field of meanings, not something to be flattened into numbers or variables on a graph.—
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By the time the strike began, patrol had trimmed its ask significantly.—
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Stocks that dominated portfolios in 2025 are now being trimmed to finance new positions elsewhere.—
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Featuring handheld camerawork and frequent close-ups, these early works evoke the quasi-improvisational style of John Cassavetes smothered in claustrophobia.—
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The matrilineal passage of power—made known by crying tears of blood—has been smothered and controlled by men, but thanks to their new abilities, the twins escape their mother and her malicious husband.—
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Kusilek, who quarterbacked the Falcons from 2012-15, earning all-WIAC Conference honors, stood with a smile pasted to his face and his eyes glued to Wisconsin-River Falls coach Matt Walker as the final minute of time ticked off the clock.—
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Flowers are pasted all over it, seemingly at random, and strings of them fall off the hem in an unappetizing way.—
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“Dusted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dusted. Accessed 12 Jan. 2026.
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