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Noun
got into a little tiff about what color sheets to buy for their bed
Verb
like any couple, they occasionally tiff, but it's never anything serious
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Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
At the House Republicans' annual policy retreat in Doral, Florida, Trump addressed the tiff, defending his decision to use military aircraft to send back the migrants.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Since his inauguration nine days ago, President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders, gotten into tiffs with Colombia and other countries and implemented a shock-and-awe approach to immigration enforcement.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2025
But several of those involved in the incident said later in a University of Georgia alumni newsletter that they were motivated more by a tiff between Pattison and the university community, reflected in the campus newspaper, The Red & Black.
—Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Between pulling together a charity event as the season finale and getting into minor and major tiffs with all the women as the season came to a close, the former QVC host really found her element and made an unassailable case for her return.
—Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 3 Feb. 2025
At the House Republicans' annual policy retreat in Doral, Florida, Trump addressed the tiff, defending his decision to use military aircraft to send back the migrants.
—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025
Since his inauguration nine days ago, President Donald Trump has signed a flurry of executive orders, gotten into tiffs with Colombia and other countries and implemented a shock-and-awe approach to immigration enforcement.
—The Editorial Board, Orange County Register, 29 Jan. 2025
But several of those involved in the incident said later in a University of Georgia alumni newsletter that they were motivated more by a tiff between Pattison and the university community, reflected in the campus newspaper, The Red & Black.
—Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Tiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tiff. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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