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Recent Examples of prong
Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
But as a third prong of his strategy for the company, Wachtel has also been focused on coming up with unique business models to produce more economical productions that would make sense for certain platforms.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Nina Bahadur, SELF, 15 Sep. 2018
Google, which has been under fire for being one of the biggest enablers of fake news, is now fighting back with a new multi-pronged, $300 million plan to elevate quality journalism.
—Alyssa Newcomb /, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2018
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Noun
This algorithmic prioritization represents the second prong of the approach: granting far-right influencers and the MAGA faithful greater reach with their posts.
—Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 30 Oct. 2024
But as a third prong of his strategy for the company, Wachtel has also been focused on coming up with unique business models to produce more economical productions that would make sense for certain platforms.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
There’s no definitive diagnostic test for schizophrenia, so doctors will typically take a multi-pronged approach.
—Nina Bahadur, SELF, 15 Sep. 2018
Google, which has been under fire for being one of the biggest enablers of fake news, is now fighting back with a new multi-pronged, $300 million plan to elevate quality journalism.
—Alyssa Newcomb /, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prong
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The size of our army has fallen by over 20 percent in that past decade and is now smaller than at any tine since the 1930s.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Two massive drop tines give it incredible eye appeal.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 31 Oct. 2024
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There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020
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And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.Erik Heinrich, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
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Those talons are going to perforate a colon with a swiftness, and no one wants to go to the emergency room with a gel tip stuck in the rectum.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 July 2024
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The medium-firm mattress is made with memory foam, which molds to the body and is perforated with tiny holes to keep the body cool throughout the night.Hyphensocial Contributors, Rolling Stone, 5 Oct. 2024
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In postwar California, the Red Light Bandit pricked a governor’s conscience.Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2024
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During this test, a healthcare provider pricks your skin with a small amount of an allergen.Daniel More, Verywell Health, 19 Sep. 2024
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Absolute Technologies, which originally began as a small machine shop in Santa Fe Springs making service repairs for Textron’s Bell Helicopters, makes landing gears, thrust reverser cylinders, flight control pistons, load transfer components and assemblies.Pat Maio, Orange County Register, 11 Nov. 2024
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While both actors play unassuming characters thrust into combat roles, Stokes shared his interest in working in a creative capacity behind the camera as well.Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.CNN, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
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Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.Lily Katzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020
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“Prong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prong. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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