skimmed
Example Sentences
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The drop was driven mainly by falling cheese and butter prices, due to ample supplies and strong global competition, while milk powder prices edged higher, supported by renewed import demand for skimmed milk powder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026
The holiday’s corpulent, white-bearded dandy arrived even later, his schmaltzy persona skimmed from bony St. Nicholas between Reconstruction and 1931, when Coca-Cola debuted its iconic, brandy-flushed Santa Claus.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 25, 2025
They’re skimmed over, but not in a manner that feels reluctant or incurious.
From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025
Dwight, now 90, went through a few minutes of weightlessness with five other passengers aboard the Blue Origin capsule as it skimmed space on a roughly 10-minute flight.
From Seattle Times • May 19, 2024
Mayflies skimmed in and out of the shadow of the bridge just above the surface.
From "The Sound and the Fury" by William Faulkner
