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Recent Examples of blackjack
Verb
The casino may be able to pick up some additional money from tables, after the gaming commission in mid-March allowed craps to resume and blackjack tables to expand. BostonGlobe.com, 15 Apr. 2021
Noun
The 89-year-old blackjack dealer grew up in Shanghai studying ballet and became a teenage sensation when he was handpicked by George Balanchine for the 1954 premiere of The Nutcracker. Matthew Carey, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024 With Newsom’s signature on Senate Bill 549, tribes now have the ability to ask a judge to decide their longstanding claim that the state’s card rooms are illegally offering card games such as blackjack and pai gow poker. Calmatters, The Mercury News, 28 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for blackjack 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blackjack
Verb
  • The Palisades and Eaton Fires have destroyed thousands of homes, killed at least 25 people and forced more than 150,000 residents to evacuate from their homes.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 18 Jan. 2025
  • Expect ample debates over social media moderation and the future of TikTok after the Supreme Court on Friday backed a law forcing the app’s owner, ByteDance, to sell it to a non-Chinese owner or face a ban in the United States.
    Lauren Hirsch, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • For the uninitiated, dragon fruit can be intimidating.
    Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Jan. 2025
  • Frame Criticisms Constructively Delivering critical feedback or raising concerns can be intimidating, but CEOs value honesty when it’s delivered thoughtfully.
    Chiara Alzati, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This recipe brings the warmth and decadence of a cup of hot cocoa into grab-and-go treats that have a brownie-like texture that can’t be topped.
    Krissy Tiglias, Southern Living, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Hawley actually raised his fist in support of the rioters and printed the image on a cup for sale on his website.
    Aquilino Gonell, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • High fructose corn syrup usage in the US has declined over the last two decades while table sugar, made from cane or beet, has been on the rise.
    Mark Dent, thehustle.co, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Fourth, crossing canes can become intertwined and obstruct quality blooms and new canes.
    Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • But a divided panel of appeals court judges said the parents hadn’t shown that they or their children had been coerced to believe or act contrary to their religious views.
    Maureen Groppe, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
  • In early 2018, the Kansas Court of Appeals ruled that Samuels had coerced McCool into letting the deputy sheriff search his apartment and vacated the convictions.
    Jonathan Shorman, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Following his father's death, Diddy and his mother were left with money that afforded them a lifestyle unlike their peers, and Diddy was often bullied by his peers for being a rich kid in class.
    Tracy Wright, Fox News, 19 Jan. 2025
  • The first of those will identify what bullying is and how students can interrupt it.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Force Ghosts • Raise a tankard of Weequay Pirate Brew to Michael Abels, The Acolyte’s composer.
    Noel Murray, Vulture, 5 June 2024
  • Old New York money probably chased a tankard from around 1710 that belonged to Henry Beekman, whose grandson, Robert Livingston, signed the Declaration of Independence.
    Brian T. Allen, National Review, 27 Jan. 2024
Noun
  • An argument ensues between two of the officials that ends when the not-quite-dead man gets bonked on the head with a mace.
    David Plazas, The Tennessean, 17 Apr. 2024
  • Weapons of any kind (no knives or mace/pepper spray of any size).
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 1 Dec. 2024

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“Blackjack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blackjack. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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