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Recent Examples of eddy
Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
The motions inside clouds are turbulent, with globs and eddies of gas swirling around like capricious fairies.
—Nia Imara, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2020
The toilets at home were white and eddied the business away.
—Vanessa Martir, Longreads, 27 Nov. 2019
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Noun
In physics, turbulence relates to strong, sudden movements within air or water, usually marked by eddies and vortices.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 Sep. 2024
The motions inside clouds are turbulent, with globs and eddies of gas swirling around like capricious fairies.
—Nia Imara, Scientific American, 1 Mar. 2024
Verb
In the same way that eddies in a stream alter downstream currents, Elgindi’s work itself prompted a new round of mathematical discovery.
—Quanta Magazine, 13 Jan. 2020
The toilets at home were white and eddied the business away.
—Vanessa Martir, Longreads, 27 Nov. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eddy
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What Are People Saying This legal showdown comes amid a swirl of political dynamics.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 17 Dec. 2024
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Amid the swirl of legal questions, Jay-Z and Beyoncé's relationship is now under an intense microscope, one that the famously private couple may have to now navigate publicly.Caché McClay, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
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On all four sides of the full-block building, greenish columns line up along the sidewalk in sets of rippling triplets, drawing the eye upward to a subtly articulated green terra-cotta grid.Justin Davidson, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2024
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While many Catholic churches ring small bells for auditory cues, the deep vibrations of the drum beat ripple through the wooden pews of this Dunning neighborhood chapel, a tactile prompt for its predominantly deaf and hard of hearing congregation.Angie Leventis Lourgos, Chicago Tribune, 1 Dec. 2024
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Gonzales' reel clocked up over 5 million views and almost 4,000 comments from other social-media users, many of whom found the sentiment relatable.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2024
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Ree Drummond's 5 Kids: All About Alex, Paige, Bryce, Jamar and Todd The star’s followers joked with her about the supersize tree in the reel’s comments.Clare Fisher, People.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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Similar opposition bubbled up months later when Biden designated Baaj Nwaavjo I’tah Kukveni National Monument in Arizona.Susan Montoya Bryan, Los Angeles Times, 9 Dec. 2024
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Normally bubbling with positivity and naivety, Jacob experiences an emotional breakdown in this episode, which revolves around his adversarial relationship with his family during a surprise appearance from his masculine, drone-flying younger brother.Andrés Buenahora, Variety, 5 Dec. 2024
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But behind the rosy corporate spin, there were some red flags.Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2024
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Hag’s side were left in a spin from the moment Gakpo opened the scoring and it was underpinned by Lisandro Martinez being bamboozled by Salah in the build-up to Gakpo’s second and Liverpool’s third.Andy Jones, The Athletic, 15 Dec. 2024
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These kinds of thoughts send you off into a spiral of anxiety, stress, and rumination.Kevin Kruse, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The inflation/interest rate spiral is killing business confidence, as most Russian enterprises can't survive for too long with current extreme interest rates.Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 30 Nov. 2024
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The company hasn’t built a new, more intelligent bot so much as an interface in the style of iMovie and Premiere Pro. Already, videos that OpenAI staff and early-access users generated with Sora are trickling onto social media, and a deluge from users the world over will follow.Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 10 Dec. 2024
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Mature Trees Allow a hose to trickle beneath the tree, soaking the entire area beneath the canopy.Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Dec. 2024
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But at the end of the day, Sometimes I Hoop isn’t just a phase for Jones or The Players’ Tribune or a way to get ahead of the curve.Mat Issa, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The Bank of Japan for years used a policy of yield curve control to suppress bond returns, keeping yields on its 10-year bond close to zero.Eleanor Pringle, Fortune Asia, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Eddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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