slough
noun
the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
has sloughed
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present perfectof slough (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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“I am glad that the President has sloughed off that idea of colonization,” Lincoln’s personal secretary, John Hay, wrote on that day, referencing the fiasco in Haiti and Chiriquí.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 19, 2023
He so far has sloughed off the critics.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 15, 2016
Never Shout Never represents the inflection point at which it has sloughed off all of its punk pretentions and been distilled down to its folk essence.
From New York Times ● Apr. 28, 2010
The War Department has sloughed off his temporary rank of Brigadier General and called him home.
From Time Magazine Archive
Until the stump of the cord has sloughed off, a baby should never be put into the tub.
From Making Good on Private Duty by Lounsbery, Harriet Camp
