as in to smear
to rub an oily or sticky substance over
anoint the wound with antiseptic to prevent infection
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Recent Examples of anoint
This year’s primary should be wide open, with DeSantis departing, but the party has anointed one candidate, Koger said.
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Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
On the set that was apparently once a Jehovah’s Witness Headquarters, Lineker was beatific, anointing the next generation.
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Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
The pair's relationship suffered after NBC anointed Leno instead of Letterman, as chronicled in the 1996 TV film The Late Shift.
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Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
The brochures were distributed at the annual Extel awards, a survey of fund managers anointing the analysts deemed best in their field, announced at a lunch at the Guildhall.
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Ian King,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
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Jeffrey Schweers,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 June 2026
On the set that was apparently once a Jehovah’s Witness Headquarters, Lineker was beatific, anointing the next generation.
—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
21 June 2026
The pair's relationship suffered after NBC anointed Leno instead of Letterman, as chronicled in the 1996 TV film The Late Shift.
—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 June 2026
The brochures were distributed at the annual Extel awards, a survey of fund managers anointing the analysts deemed best in their field, announced at a lunch at the Guildhall.
—
Ian King,
CNBC,
17 June 2026
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The restaurant sources its birotes from Duran’s to make the open-face, bean and cheese-smeared breakfast sandwiches popular throughout Mexico.
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That slows down the process of multiple shockwaves merging into larger ones and allows the atmosphere to weaken the smaller shockwaves to smear out the sharp pressure change into a more gradual increase.
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To add interest and frame the berries, the index and pinky nails are painted in pink-and-white checkers.
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Mamdani sought to paint a picture of division in the country as a tool of the rich and powerful.
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But the real pleasure is the 303 basslines that squirm in between the drums, coating the soundscapes of the tracks in grime and noxious soot.
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Morning mist coated the nearby Rhone River that snakes through the Alpine valley as worshippers flocked in.
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“Anoint.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anoint. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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