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Recent Examples of prong
Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
The recipient can rotate between six back scratchers with rubber handles in different hues and metal prongs that resemble bear paws.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2024
Nina Bahadur, SELF, 15 Sep. 2018
Google, which has been under fire for being one of the biggest enablers of fake news, is now fighting back with a new multi-pronged, $300 million plan to elevate quality journalism.
—Alyssa Newcomb /, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2018
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Noun
These prongs are used to make small cuts in the esophagus.8
When these cuts heal, scar tissue is created.
—Amber J. Tresca, Verywell Health, 21 Oct. 2024
The recipient can rotate between six back scratchers with rubber handles in different hues and metal prongs that resemble bear paws.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Nov. 2024
Verb
There’s no definitive diagnostic test for schizophrenia, so doctors will typically take a multi-pronged approach.
—Nina Bahadur, SELF, 15 Sep. 2018
Google, which has been under fire for being one of the biggest enablers of fake news, is now fighting back with a new multi-pronged, $300 million plan to elevate quality journalism.
—Alyssa Newcomb /, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prong
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Like a colander, the tines of the fork will mimic the outcome of a ricer or a food mill.Mary Claire Britton, Southern Living, 22 Nov. 2024
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Working in batches, if necessary, place the fish and onion on the pan, and cook until grill marks form on the bottom, the onion softens and the fish is no longer translucent and flakes easily under the tines of a fork, 2 to 3 minutes per side for the onion and 3 to 4 minutes per side for the fish.Ellie Krieger, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 June 2024
Verb
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There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.Paula Schleis, cincinnati.com, 2 May 2020
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And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.Erik Heinrich, BostonGlobe.com, 16 May 2018
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This condition occurs when an untreated ulcer perforates the lining of the bowel, creating an opening to another area of the body, Melmed explains.Caroline C. Boyle, USA TODAY, 2 Dec. 2024
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Those talons are going to perforate a colon with a swiftness, and no one wants to go to the emergency room with a gel tip stuck in the rectum.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 22 July 2024
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The previous night, Audra McDonald hugged her during a scene and one of the many bobby pins in Woods’s wig pricked her head, making her bleed.Dina Litovsky, Vulture, 13 Dec. 2024
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The first lancet pricked my skin with alarming precision.David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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Malik Harrison and Chris Board were thrust into into bigger roles because of injuries.Sam Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 20 Dec. 2024
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The book hit shelves next summer via The Dial Press. Shallow, who rose to fame at age 25 after winning the reality TV show Survivor, was suddenly thrust into the spotlight following her appearance on the competition.Carly Tagen-Dye, People.com, 18 Dec. 2024
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Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.CNN, CNN, 2 Nov. 2022
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Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.Lily Katzman, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Apr. 2020
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“Prong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prong. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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