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Recent Examples of knob
At one point, your guitarist just gets on the ground and starts twisting knobs on his pedalboard.
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Derek Scancarelli, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Top-end Volvos include a crystal gear shift knob made by Orrefors, the Swedish glassworks company.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
The upcoming sequel to This Is Spinal Tap will be turning the pathetic knobs all the way to 11.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
The standard 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system helpfully features two knobs on the screen for tuning and volume control.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Derek Scancarelli, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Top-end Volvos include a crystal gear shift knob made by Orrefors, the Swedish glassworks company.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 29 Sep. 2024
The upcoming sequel to This Is Spinal Tap will be turning the pathetic knobs all the way to 11.
—Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2024
The standard 8-inch touchscreen infotainment system helpfully features two knobs on the screen for tuning and volume control.
—Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knob
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Checking Your Malware Protection Anti-Malware makes up the biggest chunk of the security score, worth 30 points.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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The three states account for 44 electoral votes, a large chunk of the 93 electoral votes that the seven battleground states make up.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
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The Inspiron 16 Plus is a genuine hunk of a laptop.PCMAG, PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
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Inspired by dystopian science fiction, the hulking hunk of unpainted metal barely squeezes into a lane of traffic and encases its driver in a (sort of) bulletproof tank that’s easily mistaken for a weapon of war.Rebecca Jennings, Vox, 26 Sep. 2024
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Golden mussel takeovers in other countries have shown that the species can grow in clumps or colonies containing as many as 80,000 to 200,000 organisms per square meter.Rosanna Xia, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2024
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There is a rapid onset of hair loss, causing people to lose clumps of hair, usually on the sides of the scalp.Mark Gurarie, Health, 27 Oct. 2024
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That helps remove some apprehension when dropping wads of cash on a phone with a hinge.Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 23 July 2024
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Sometimes he sang-rapped like had a wad of gum in his mouth, clearly a student of all the early Future tapes.Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 6 Sep. 2024
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Plate-sized globs of bear scat lay everywhere, and the bruins’ beds cratered the forest floor.Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
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Wait a few hours—until the milk starts to curdle and produce solid globs that fall to the bottom—and strain out your liquids with a cheesecloth.Kelsey Mulvey, Sunset Magazine, 26 July 2024
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If your nipples change—especially if inversion happens suddenly or comes with tugging, pain, lumps, or discharge—consult a healthcare provider for further evaluation.Brandi Jones, MSN-Ed, Health, 2 Nov. 2024
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All individuals who use these medications should be alert to symptoms of a thyroid tumor, such as a lump in the neck, a hoarse voice, and difficulty breathing or swallowing.Karen Berger, PharmD, Verywell Health, 24 Oct. 2024
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“Knob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knob. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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