as in to bore
to make weary and restless by being dull or monotonous
a steady diet of nothing but lobster would jade the palate of even the most ardent lobster lover
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Recent Examples of jade
Jamie Thompson, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Because life—even for us jaded adults—should be for the seizing, not for hesitating in the face of fear.
—Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 9 Oct. 2025
Noelle Phillips, Denver Post, 1 Dec. 2025
On the accessories front, gold, silver, pearls, jade, or similar colored gemstone jewelry is favored.
—Tianwei Zhang, Footwear News, 14 Nov. 2025
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Verb
Vande Kolk pointed his pickup truck toward the lake, known for a color that could shift from deep forest to nearly jade in different lights.
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The suspects stole a Beretta handgun, an assault rifle, 2,000 rounds of ammunition, a green safe and jade figurines.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for jade
Verb
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The landscape is always changing, never boring.—
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Just like her character on The Nanny, Fran Drescher's style is whimsical, wild and, most importantly, never boring.—
Noun
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Kids were on shucking duty, while the adults were in charge of cutting the corn off the cob.—
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Add the corn cob rounds and cook for about 4 minutes, or until softened.—
Noun
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Bows are one of the biggest fashion motifs of coquette culture.—
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Similar to the coquette aesthetic, the babydoll silhouette leans romantic and retro, with an undercurrent that turns flirtatious once it’s shortened or cut to show a bit of skin.—
Verb
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Fast-twitch muscle fibers tire more quickly and are used when our bodies need greater force production over a smaller period of time, like a short ski run.—
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This helps each step feel lighter and easier, diminishing fatigue and letting the wearer venture out farther without tiring.—
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Rent your steed from Red Raven and let those chunky-monkey tires carry you along the area's 50 miles of trails.—
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Lauren Sánchez Bezos and Jeff Bezos rolled through Aspen this week on their trusty steed—sorry, private jet—to celebrate Sánchez Bezos’s 56th birthday.—
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She is gifted with a lovely color of a lyric soprano suitable for roles in the spectrum from a lyric, lyric coloratura to a soubrette.—
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Not only did diners want to enjoy her singing in the cabaret, no doubt many could not resist coming to see for themselves the soubrette who had inspired such fury in the late George VI.—
Verb
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And then, with wearying inevitability, the Premier League would follow suit.—
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The leanness and intensity of the production — a 35-day shoot, with only 11 days in the main location — were exhilarating but wearying.—
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His athleticism captivates even the untrained eye, as if he were engineered to fly in skates.—
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Kuzmenko’s pass deflected off Fiala’s skate on the left doorstep and past Gustavsson for Fiala’s 15th of the season.—
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“Jade.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jade. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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