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bow

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bow

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noun

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Recent Examples of bow
Verb
After bowing at No. 2, DTMF already looks to have similar legs, with one song going viral on TikTok and another topping the YouTube charts. Justin Curto, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025 Several Democrats and staffers who were at the Capitol on Jan. 6 have accused Republicans of bowing to Trump by downplaying or ignoring the violence of the siege. Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 15 Jan. 2025
Noun
Recurve bows are long, elegant and low-tech, and rely mostly on the strength of the archer. Rona Berg, Forbes, 22 Jan. 2025 Disney preserves that with a dedicated walking/jogging track all the way around the ship (albeit, with a passage through mechanical areas on bow and stern). Mark Gauert, Sun Sentinel, 20 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for bow 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for bow
Noun
  • Those filaments are arranged in line with the direction of the bend, putting them at a right angle to the underlying cellulose filaments.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The sepia sky was filled with smoke, ash was falling, and as my car rounded a bend on the 110 Freeway, another phone alert blared to evacuate the area.
    Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • So Newton theorized that, were a cannonball to be fired horizontally from a high enough mountaintop where the air is thin, and with enough velocity, then the curve of the cannonball downward under gravity would match the curvature of Earth.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
  • The execution here depends on the complex intertwining of software and logistics — the ability to calculate and obtain the precise curvature of each of over 1,500 components, preinstall the steel connections, prebuild large chunks, then ship those to the site for final assembly.
    Justin Davidson, Curbed, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Over the years, the star has consistently been ahead of the curve with her sculptural and futuristic red carpet looks.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2025
  • But how can educational institutions stay ahead of the curve?
    Maja Zelihic, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In turn, Venezuela would agree to slow emigration or maybe take back millions of migrants deported from the U.S.
    Marc Caputo, Axios, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The society that surrounds her is generally reduced to obvious types — an abusive husband, a blind priest, a drunken son-in-law — which in turn simplify the turmoil that Hadoula faces.
    Ryan Swen, Variety, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • His voice takes a rare sarcastic tinge, an angle that’s refreshing and unexpected from a fairly earnest thinker.
    Daniel D'Addario, Variety, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Place your palms at a 90-degree angle on both sides of a doorway and step forward with one foot.
    Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Actor Stephen Tobolowsky endured tornado-force winds, a near-fatal neck injury and scheduling issues leading up to his audition Comments Landing a role on Glee was not an easy task for Stephen Tobolowsky.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025
  • There’s also natural forces to contend with: The fierce Santa Ana winds, which were blowing with hurricane force in early January, helped spread the Los Angeles-area fires and also grounded some planes early on from their aerial missions.
    Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 25 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • City officials provided renderings, which show a white bridge with two sets of arches on either side.
    Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 14 Jan. 2025
  • A day later, a group of residents gathered under the arch said the call was unfounded and that everyone was living together peacefully.
    Armando L. Sanchez, Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2025

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

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