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Recent Examples of fin
The new species was identified by its fin shape, skeleton, coloring and other subtle physical features, the study said.
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
This involves oscillation, meaning that with each flap, the fins deform into a wave shape (kind of like a bird’s wings) before momentarily flattening out again and starting the process over.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2024
Behind the range, the white zigzagging veining on the black granite playfully evokes a shark fin or the tail fin of a Jet Age land cruiser like a 1959 Cadillac.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
Today’s transistor, the FinFET, has a vertical fin of silicon at its heart.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2024
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Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
This involves oscillation, meaning that with each flap, the fins deform into a wave shape (kind of like a bird’s wings) before momentarily flattening out again and starting the process over.
—Elizabeth Rayne, Ars Technica, 31 Dec. 2024
Behind the range, the white zigzagging veining on the black granite playfully evokes a shark fin or the tail fin of a Jet Age land cruiser like a 1959 Cadillac.
—Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
Today’s transistor, the FinFET, has a vertical fin of silicon at its heart.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fin
Noun
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This one by Kitsch is one of Amazon’s top sellers, amassing over 8,000 five-star ratings.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Feb. 2025
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This one was distilled to its essence in the first period, when the Blackhawks got a power play and proceeded to give the puck away three times in less than 10 seconds, including ghastly turnovers by Seth Jones and Bedard.—
Mark Lazerus,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The Social Security Administration’s acting commissioner, Michelle King, stepped down over the weekend after Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency pressed to obtain user data for the retirement program serving tens of millions of Americans.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
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The approach has raised billions of dollars to conserve tens of millions of acres from the Canadian prairies to the piney woods of South Georgia.—
Chris Dorsey,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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The tactile quality of the characters was modeled after stop-motion, including animating mostly on twos (one image for every two frames) for rough movement.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
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The Clippers made a habit of hitting tough shots from tricky angles, going 8-for-11 on non-paint twos in the first half (the league average on those shots: 40.9%).—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The people that sit around me are mainly blokes in their fifties and sixties.—
Simon Johnson,
The Athletic,
23 Feb. 2025
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My grandparents started with basset hounds in the fifties, and from there my parents have bred multiple different breeds.—
Savannah White,
Glamour,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Based on the thousands of dollars past Archival Series releases are selling for on the secondary market, this whisky will likely turn out to be another collector’s item.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
23 Feb. 2025
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The United States has invested hundreds of billions of dollars to support Ukraine.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Feb. 2025
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The intrigue: Both Raleigh and Durham had similar listening habits, with nearly identical top fives — though Durham left a spot for Ye, the controversial rapper and producer formerly known as Kanye West, and Raleigh preferred Morgan Wallen.—
Zachery Eanes,
Axios,
5 Dec. 2024
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This chart week is just beginning, so Carpenter will claim her three top fives for the next few days.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
4 Sep. 2024
Noun
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But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.—
Jack Handey,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2024
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Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.—
Star Tribune,
Star Tribune,
26 Feb. 2021
Noun
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During this time, mature bucks become increasingly active and less cautious to establish dominance within their territory.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
20 Feb. 2025
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But there’s not so much of it that the department cannot devote half of its tiny force to investigating the theft of a few hundred bucks from the donation bowl at a charity event, hosted by Hank to burnish his own reputation as a do-gooder.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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“Fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fin. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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