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Recent Examples of fin
Puffers vigorously flap their fins to carve intricate circular patterns into the sand.
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Ingrid Newkirk, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
This breathable, durable backpack is comfortable to wear, has built-in footrests for your baby and hip fins that help relieve pressure on your back.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
Toward that end, it's applied its whale fin drives to the all-new Smart Hybrid Boating Solution, an add-on marine propulsion system that uses electric rim drive power at slow speeds before retracting it out of the water at higher gas-engine speeds.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2025
However, despite such protocols and tests with parachutes and grid fins to further control the drop zones, accidents and close calls are still occurring.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2025
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Ingrid Newkirk, The Mercury News, 14 Feb. 2025
This breathable, durable backpack is comfortable to wear, has built-in footrests for your baby and hip fins that help relieve pressure on your back.
—Christopher Murray, Fox News, 7 Feb. 2025
Toward that end, it's applied its whale fin drives to the all-new Smart Hybrid Boating Solution, an add-on marine propulsion system that uses electric rim drive power at slow speeds before retracting it out of the water at higher gas-engine speeds.
—New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2025
However, despite such protocols and tests with parachutes and grid fins to further control the drop zones, accidents and close calls are still occurring.
—Andrew Jones, Space.com, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fin
Noun
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If Lamoriello had his way, no one would have been traded this week, and the Islanders would have brought the entire gang back for another go in 2025-26.—
Arthur Staple,
The Athletic,
8 Mar. 2025
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No one will deny that, but this is MMA and each round starts standing, which gives Pereira a distinct advantage in this matchup.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Globally, the superhero sequel, which cost $180 million to make and tens of millions more to market, has earned $341.8 million.—
Brent Lang,
Variety,
2 Mar. 2025
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These simple fees have been earning it tens of millions of dollars a week.—
Axios,
Axios,
1 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The tactile quality of the characters was modeled after stop-motion, including animating mostly on twos (one image for every two frames) for rough movement.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
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The Clippers made a habit of hitting tough shots from tricky angles, going 8-for-11 on non-paint twos in the first half (the league average on those shots: 40.9%).—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Another surprise awaited her: the shocking reality of dating men in their fifties and sixties and seventies.—
Joseph O’Neill,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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There were merely four movies from the Eighties and Nineties, which met varying degrees of success, about karate in the Valley, a wise sensei who died 2005, and a group of teenagers who were now in their fifties.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
20 Feb. 2025
Noun
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There is also growing uncertainty about the nation’s trillions of dollars in student loans and whether the government will stay in the business of lending money to students directly.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN,
7 Mar. 2025
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Multiplied across millions of borrowers, that kind of increase represents billions of dollars extra each month that households would have to divert to student loans instead of other needs or savings.—
Shahar Ziv,
Forbes,
7 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The intrigue: Both Raleigh and Durham had similar listening habits, with nearly identical top fives — though Durham left a spot for Ye, the controversial rapper and producer formerly known as Kanye West, and Raleigh preferred Morgan Wallen.—
Zachery Eanes,
Axios,
5 Dec. 2024
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This chart week is just beginning, so Carpenter will claim her three top fives for the next few days.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
4 Sep. 2024
Noun
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But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.—
Jack Handey,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2024
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Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.—
Star Tribune,
Star Tribune,
26 Feb. 2021
Noun
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Shift your focus from channels that rarely convert to the ones that offer the most bang for your buck.—
Brandon Batchelor,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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So, music lovers can save some bucks by buying during the Eager Beaver sale.—
Jim Harrington,
The Mercury News,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fin. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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