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Recent Examples of fin
Researchers are particularly interested in how early fish might have altered their fin structures to develop a movement more suited for land.
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Her 'lucky fin,' as her family called it, held her back from activities that required two fully capable hands.
—Rachel Murphy, Health, 8 Jan. 2025
Approaching from the south, through a sunken courtyard, visitors will see the jagged fins—the tallest some ten metres high—against the Victorian Gothic backdrop of the Palace of Westminster.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
The mammal, that gets its name from the fin on its back, near its tail, is found in oceans across the world.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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Scott Travers, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
Her 'lucky fin,' as her family called it, held her back from activities that required two fully capable hands.
—Rachel Murphy, Health, 8 Jan. 2025
Approaching from the south, through a sunken courtyard, visitors will see the jagged fins—the tallest some ten metres high—against the Victorian Gothic backdrop of the Palace of Westminster.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
The mammal, that gets its name from the fin on its back, near its tail, is found in oceans across the world.
—Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fin
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Because coverage is generally required for anyone seeking a mortgage, soaring rates in California could drive home values down, threatening yet another crisis, this one in real estate.—
Zoë Schlanger,
The Atlantic,
18 Jan. 2025
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That biomass comes from another world and has no place in this one.—
Stephen A. Pyne,
The Hollywood Reporter,
18 Jan. 2025
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The Hughes Fire broke out near Castaic in the Santa Clarita Valley on Wednesday morning and quickly spread to cover more than 10,000 acres, forcing tens of thousands of residents to flee or be prepared to leave their homes at a moment's notice.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA TODAY,
25 Jan. 2025
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Malibu resident Jessica Davis is part of an army of volunteers determined to help the tens of thousands of animals displaced by the deadly, destructive blazes Comments Ever since the Palisades Fire tore through her Malibu community on Jan. 7, Jessica Davis’s cellphone has been ringing nonstop.—
Johnny Dodd,
People.com,
25 Jan. 2025
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Has the number two been popping up frequently in your life, from seeing 2:22 on a clock to noticing repeating twos on invoices?—
Olivia Munson,
USA TODAY,
20 Dec. 2024
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People talk about the terrible twos, but she’s found her foothold in that kind of behavior, and there’s just no reasoning with her.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
21 Dec. 2024
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The invasive sea lamprey brought Great Lakes fishing to its knees in the fifties and sixties, until local communities and scientists battled back.—
Jayme Moye,
Outside Online,
17 Jan. 2025
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His colleagues were men in their fifties and sixties who’d started out in radio.—
Susan Morrison,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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Adams has shown a remarkable indifference toward early-childhood education, slicing hundreds of millions of dollars from the city’s 3-K and U.P.K. programs even as COVID-era federal stimulus funds for early-childhood programs were expiring.—
Jessica Winter,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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Later, the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill authorized hundreds of billions of dollars to rebuild airports, bridges and highways, billions more to build a network of electric vehicle chargers and more broadband Internet.—
Ed O'Keefe,
CBS News,
18 Jan. 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
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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
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Free performance boosts would be nice, but if Nintendo wants to charge a few bucks for a substantial upgrade to The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, that sounds great.—
Jordan Minor,
PCMAG,
18 Jan. 2025
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Inflation Because what went up hasn’t come down, eggs are still three bucks (or more) a dozen and a trip to the market causes chills and sweats.—
Eli Amdur,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fin. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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