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Recent Examples of fin
Housed in a grand fin de siècle edifice by McKim, Mead and White, the architects of the old Penn Station and parts of Columbia University’s neo-Classical campus, the museum of today holds more than 140,000 objects in its collection.
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Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Each had similar diving gear but differed in certain patch and fin colors.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Commercial and recreational fishing are threats to the sharks, and they’re often targeted for their fins.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
The waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California are rich feeding grounds for blue, fin and humpback whales that cruise the coast during their annual migrations.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
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Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Each had similar diving gear but differed in certain patch and fin colors.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Commercial and recreational fishing are threats to the sharks, and they’re often targeted for their fins.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
The waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California are rich feeding grounds for blue, fin and humpback whales that cruise the coast during their annual migrations.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fin
Noun
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The ones that are gone and the ones that are still paying for it, which were kids.—
Emily Shapiro,
ABC News,
11 Apr. 2025
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Google's on-device Gemini Nano model is key to some of the newest and more interesting AI features, but large language models (even the small ones) need a lot of RAM.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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As tens of thousands of Americans continue to contact their members of Congress to urge them to hold Musk accountable, Common Cause will continue to demand transparency and accountability from Musk and everyone in this administration because no one is above the law.—
Aaron Scherb,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2025
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Resignation offers spearheaded by the Department of Government Efficiency were extended to more than 2 million federal employees, and tens of thousands have accepted.—
Russ Wiles,
USA Today,
7 Apr. 2025
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He’s not cracked reps with the second team with Hill getting all the work when the twos take over.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
The Athletic,
9 Aug. 2024
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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 35-year-old bagged 12 centuries and 35 fifties in ODIs and had the highest score of 164 against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2016.—
Manasi Pathak,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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This mine looks like something out of the fifties because it was started in 1955.—
Antonia Hitchens,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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In a billion dollar deal that shakes up the world of luxury fashion, Prada has agreed to buy Versace from its owner Capri Holdings.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Apr. 2025
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The Supreme Court also cleared the way for the administration to proceed with the suspension of millions of dollars in federal grants for teacher training after states had urgently asked a judge for the funding to continue.—
Devin Dwyer,
ABC News,
10 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Disturbed’s Trio of Top Five Smashes The group even manages a trio of top fives on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, a tally which Disturbed has not only come to know well throughout the years, but dominates with some frequency.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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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
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
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And seriously, shouldn't surviving that nightmare initial Vula tribe designation be worth a cool million bucks?—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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For more on the under 30 alumni, founders, executives, artists and others who are feeling like a billion bucks, check out the 2025 World’s Billionaires list here.—
Zoya Hasan,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fin. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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