greek

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Recent Examples of greek Fortunately for local fans, these Kraftwerk dates include a stop in the Bay Area.. Kraftwerk, featuring electro music icon Ralf Hütter, performs April 18 at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley. Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2025 This technique, known as Anaphora in Greek, dates back to Aristotle during the fourth century B.C.E. and to Quintilian in Rome in the first century. Jerry Weissman, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025 Griffith Park is home to such L.A. landmarks as Griffith Observatory, the Greek Theatre, the Los Angeles Zoo and the Hollywood Sign. Kimberly Nordyke, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Jan. 2025 It was spray-painted at least twice by opposing football fans (and spray-painted back to black by a secret Greek society, the Order of the Greek Horsemen, that considers the horse its symbol). Mary Logan Bikoff, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2025 Fidelity to the text was a hallmark of his Milton and Shakespeare projects, but singing in Ancient Greek was a non-starter. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 10 Jan. 2025 Lanthimos, director of Poor Things, The Favourite, The Lobster, and Kinds of Kindness, and a 5-time Oscar nominee, is the most famous and successful of the 158 Greek EFA members. Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2025 The center features a rare collection of artifacts and antiquities from Greek, Roman and Etruscan art. Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 8 Jan. 2025 Check out this lemony Greek chicken, spinach and potato stew. Emmett Lindner, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for greek
Noun
  • So the hocus-pocus of GPT halting on my name is a rare but conspicuous leaf on a much larger tree of model control.
    Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • One of the important things Conclave does is to slowly peel back archaic layers to reveal what all the hocus-pocus represents in this day and age.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Kickoff 2025 with barbecue, art, hot air balloons, international films and Arizona's marquee auto auction.
    Jeremy Duda, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025
  • This weather phenomenon occurs when a wildfire or other source of intense heat causes hot air to spin and create a column of fire.
    Gary Robbins, The Mercury News, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Driving the news: The statement was published only in English on the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office — potentially another case of double-talk by Netanyahu.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The GOP Senate candidate in Arizona, whose brand is a combative, never-back-down MAGA politics, has adopted a position on the issue that is nearly indistinguishable from that of double-talking Democrats.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Is there a company that prides itself on an absence of rigmarole?
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 July 2024
  • Last season’s nail-biting seven-game battle was famously known as the I-80 series because both teams opted for the approximately 90-minute (depending on traffic) bus ride rather than the rigmarole of a short flight.
    Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Theo James and Theo James are getting into some serious monkey business.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2024
  • But there was some monkey business during his very first scene that gave him pause.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 May 2024
Noun
  • Additionally, Trump declared a national energy emergency to boost domestic oil and gas production and end the electric vehicle mandate.
    Kristen Waggoner, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Kodiak, led by a former Google self-driving car project computer scientist, began hauling sand off-road to oil and gas fields with driverless semis in West Texas last year, targeting a somewhat easier niche market.
    Alan Ohnsman, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Valpo welcomes the public to spring semester performances Join Valparaiso University for a variety of events including jazz, Gospel, dance, music from blockbuster films, a Baroque masterwork and a musical theatre performance.
    Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Famed jazz musician Bobby Bradford, who moved to Altadena in 1964 — just as the demographic of the once overwhelmingly white neighborhood was beginning to change — is among them.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • If humans can use emotional tomfoolery to prevail over AI, there is a certain kind of endearing fulfillment in doing so.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2025
  • Aside from those two couple moments, Turner's post also included plenty of tomfoolery with friends and documented some of her travels — from skiing in January to an October trip to an ancient temple in Egypt.
    Julia Moore, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025

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“Greek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greek. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.

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