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  • past participle of dust.
  • past tense form of dust.

dusted

VERB
sprinkle tiny particles
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Dixon-Wyatt dusted his defender off the line to catch a red-zone slant for a score.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 29, 2026

So I dusted off my lederhosen, and we traveled to Kansas City, Mo., for Austria vs.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 24, 2026

Because once the World Cup is done and dusted, the Nations League kicks-off in the autumn, with Portugal's first fixture after north America a home game with Wales.

From BBC Jun. 10, 2026

Previous work which has already looked at two of Wales' most notorious transport headaches is likely to be dusted down - voters are unlikely to tolerate a re-invention of the wheel and its accompanying expense.

From BBC May 29, 2026

What Mia was thinking about, however, was her own teenage years, memories she’d packed away long ago for safekeeping but now unfolded and dusted clean.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng



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