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Recent Examples of nib
The Best of Beauty Award winner is practically a toolbox for your arches, including a mini toothbrush for fluffing, a slanted nib for defining, long and short spoolies for taming, and a tiny spatula for at-home lifting and laminating (if that’s your jam).
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Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 11 June 2024
Low lighting protects the turtles, and the menu offers only seasonal choices, including gluten-free breadfruit pancakes that promise to be the next Manhattan superfood craze, with chocolate nib tapenade as a sweet treat.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
The company’s signature bitter drinking chocolate, a rich and dense concoction served in an espresso-size cup, is made with freshly ground cacao nibs, lightly sweetened and finished with oat milk.
—Caitie Kelly Gisela Williams Julekha Dash Catherine Hong Devorah Lev-Tov, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
This is cocoa nib ice cream on sugar cookies, dipped in milk or dark chocolate with cocoa nibs sprinkled on top.
—Sarah Murphy, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 11 June 2024
Low lighting protects the turtles, and the menu offers only seasonal choices, including gluten-free breadfruit pancakes that promise to be the next Manhattan superfood craze, with chocolate nib tapenade as a sweet treat.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
The company’s signature bitter drinking chocolate, a rich and dense concoction served in an espresso-size cup, is made with freshly ground cacao nibs, lightly sweetened and finished with oat milk.
—Caitie Kelly Gisela Williams Julekha Dash Catherine Hong Devorah Lev-Tov, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
This is cocoa nib ice cream on sugar cookies, dipped in milk or dark chocolate with cocoa nibs sprinkled on top.
—Sarah Murphy, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nib
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The bourbon is smooth and sweet with a noticeable viscosity and mouth weight on the palate.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, Aardman has upgraded its stop-motion Wallace and Gromit puppets with improved plasticine clay, more silicone and resin, and better armatures and mouth replacement.Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2024
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Led by experts and experienced moms, the series covers essential tips for what to expect during pregnancy, how to prepare for birth, postpartum care, and the essentials of welcoming a newborn into your life.Hilary Tetenbaum, USA TODAY, 11 Dec. 2024
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A couple pro tips from our editor, Allen Farmelo, who has bought and sold watches on eBay since 1995: Track reputable (or even just interesting) sellers.Oren Hartov, Robb Report, 10 Dec. 2024
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Just having that mentality of coming out fast, not getting our beaks wet.Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 23 Oct. 2024
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Her cake looks kind of like an old boot with a pencil for a beak.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
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Controlling Morocco will complete the audacious Chinese plan: The Strait, with Morocco at its southern end, is only eight miles wide.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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On the surface, this could mark the end of Baddoo’s tenure with the Tigers.Cody Stavenhagen, The Athletic, 11 Dec. 2024
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The significant amount of pollen which accumulates on the wolves’ muzzles — and the fact that some individuals were seen visiting up to 30 different blooms in a single foray — could mean the wolves help pollinate the plant by transporting pollen from flower to flower, according to Sillero.Alex Rodway, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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The wolves, feeding on the flowers’ sweet nectar, might act as pollinators because of the remnants of pollen on their muzzles.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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The league also announced that the 2024 final peaked at 1.1 million viewers, though which point of match the apex occurred was not revealed.Jason Clinkscales, Sportico.com, 26 Nov. 2024
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Trump sat with all of them, often for hours, reaching millions of conservative or apolitical people, cementing his status as one of them, a sigma, a guy with clout, and the apex of a model of masculinity that prioritizes fame as a virtue unto itself.Brian Barrett, WIRED, 6 Nov. 2024
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The team identified the genomic variation by extracting DNA from the Well-man’s mandible, the lower part of the jaw.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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There were 451 bones at the site, and some of these included mandibles with molars, which are good at preserving relatively intact DNA.Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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Fishing for microbes For years, Irene Salinas has been fascinated by a simple physiological fact: The distance between the nose and the brain is quite small.Yasemin Saplakoglu, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
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But Tommy has a nose… so maybe that gave him the edge.Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 9 Dec. 2024
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“Nib.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nib. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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