as in person
a member of the human race
kindhearted and generous, she's a real good egg by anyone's standard
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Recent Examples of egg
Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Prices have remained stubbornly high as bird flu boosted egg prices at the fastest rate in 10 years and a combination of slumping demand and sanctions on Russia and Iran continued to raise fuel prices.
—David Goldman, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Stokes and McCullum are almost egging each other on to go beyond what feels realistic now that the New Zealander has extended his contract.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Noun
With the escalating outbreak driving up egg prices to record highs, could that approach soon change?
—Berkeley Lovelace Jr., NBC News, 20 Feb. 2025
Prices have remained stubbornly high as bird flu boosted egg prices at the fastest rate in 10 years and a combination of slumping demand and sanctions on Russia and Iran continued to raise fuel prices.
—David Goldman, CNN, 19 Feb. 2025
Verb
My brother pretended to run away at one point and that egged the crowd on even more.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Stokes and McCullum are almost egging each other on to go beyond what feels realistic now that the New Zealander has extended his contract.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egg
Noun
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Serving this warrant with a copy of the Affidavit, and making the search and if the person or property to be found there, to seize the person or the property and hold for safekeeping until further order of this court.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
27 Feb. 2025
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In 2021, William Shatner became the oldest person to travel into space, at the age of 90, on a Blue Origin flight.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
27 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Eleven of his assists that season came from the right, and nine were whipped across in that fashion.—
Art de Roché,
The Athletic,
21 Feb. 2025
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Miller was struck in the temple, whipping his hat off his head.—
Charna Flam,
People.com,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The officer repeatedly instructed the elderly man to drop the gun, and when backup officers arrived and issued the same command, the man continued to aim the weapon at them.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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The original Captain American, Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), was defined as an relentlessly motivated and deeply moral man whose slender physique stopped him from fighting for justice.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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These minerals in turn may have spurred nutrient cycling in the oceans, boosting the metabolism of microbial life.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
28 Feb. 2025
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Some institutes immediately began sending out awards: Lauer’s email spurred one institute, a current official told me, to process 100 grants in a single afternoon.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The story ends in the village of Hammondsport, where Drew was killed, with a kind of incantation of the cycle of life on Keuka Lake.—
Willing Davidson,
The New Yorker,
23 Feb. 2025
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Detectives have interviewed some of the teen’s former teachers, who said Canales was very involved in her daughter’s life.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
23 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Trump is pressing the economic deal to help repay some of the $180 billion in American aid for Kyiv since the start of the war -- tens of billions of which is being spent in the U.S. to replenish older weapons sent to Ukraine.—
SYLVIE CORBET,
arkansasonline.com,
25 Feb. 2025
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The goat had a resigned look in her eyes as the rancher pressed her udder and aimed a stream of milk into a tall cup.—
Daniel Hernandez,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Padilla asks confused, before Gillis points out a slew of struggling cast members, including Michael Longfellow passed out in a robe on the couch, Mikey Day wearing Sarah Silverman’s clothes and the Please Don’t Destroy guys looking disheveled in their suits from the event.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
26 Feb. 2025
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Their chemistry, their camaraderie, their impact on the offense, their relationship with the other skill guys is great.—
Jeff Zrebiec,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
Verb
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There are only one or two overt villains, and even they get poked and prodded in ways that add dimension to their lizard brains.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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They were prodded by Joel Denaro, an attorney and family friend of Lucy’s parents, Andres and Melissa Fernandez, who argue that prosecutors have been too soft on Pino.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egg. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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