as in feat
an act of notable skill, strength, or cleverness
performs mental stunts, such as pronouncing words backwards as soon as you say them
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as in to halt
to hold back the normal growth of
unfortunately, an unusually dry summer seems to have permanently stunted the tree
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Recent Examples of stunt
Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
The stunt also prompted a glut of angry comments on his Instagram posts and also on the RunNYC Reddit page.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 9 Nov. 2024
Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2024
This discourages choices that challenge the audience and stunts cultural evolution.
—Dan Bekerman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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Noun
Some learn lasso routines, circus tricks and stunts, while others stick to precision drills.
—Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 17 Nov. 2024
The stunt also prompted a glut of angry comments on his Instagram posts and also on the RunNYC Reddit page.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 9 Nov. 2024
Verb
That label would tell you how angry these characters are, how vain their efforts, how stunted their worldviews.
—Madeline Leung Coleman, Vulture, 10 Sep. 2024
This discourages choices that challenge the audience and stunts cultural evolution.
—Dan Bekerman, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
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How was Notre-Dame restored? Restoring the Notre-Dame—especially on such a short timeline—was no small feat.Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
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This metabolic state enables the pupfish to produce energy without oxygen, with ethanol as a byproduct—a feat most vertebrates would find toxic.Scott Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
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That Gaetz’s advancement was halted so quickly is a testament to the enduring importance of the Senate.NR Editors, National Review, 22 Nov. 2024
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The first practice session was halted barely eight minutes in after a loose concrete frame around a water valve cover hit Carlos Sainz’s Ferrari at high speed.Dan Cancian, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
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According to Richard Seager, a climate scientist at Columbia University’s Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, the cause of the current drought is some random atmospheric variability: a high-pressure system over the central and eastern United States that is suppressing rainfall and refusing to budge.M. R. O’Connor, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2024
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How to cope right now Don’t suppress your emotions, process them In the immediate aftermath of the election results, you may be flooded with emotions ranging from despair to rage.Allie Volpe, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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Donations dwindle, while volunteers from the opposite side of the country stop coming or divert to another disaster.Jess Craig, Vox, 17 Nov. 2024
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Musk—who sued OpenAI in March—now alleges that OpenAI is attempting to eliminate its competitors by stopping its investors from funding rival AI firms.Will McCurdy, PCMAG, 16 Nov. 2024
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Bands of hardline members have grown just large enough to block votes on bills, moves that were once viewed as beyond the pale within the halls of Congress.Benjamin Siegel, ABC News, 27 Nov. 2024
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Owner Robin Wilson started Vesey Lane Goods a year after having an ischemic stroke, which occurs when the blood supply to part of the brain is blocked or reduced.Adrienne Roberts, Detroit Free Press, 26 Nov. 2024
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Its leadership has been decimated, and its operational capabilities have been diminished to an extent that seemed unthinkable a year ago.Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
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Samsara’s Welbourne asserts that his company has good reason to be confident that its AI models are solid and will avoid false positives or false negatives that would diminish the tool’s usefulness to drivers and fleet operators.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Nov. 2024
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If all four Democratic gains stand, the GOP majority in the Senate would shrink to 18-15.Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 20 Nov. 2024
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Twenty-two years later, that overwhelming majority had shrunk to 37%, according to census data cited by a city dashboard.Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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The next-door Wendy’s also caught it on camera, Kalupa said, and supplied footage to police.David Clarey, Journal Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2024
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Trying to catch Santa Claus on camera, a brother and sister throw him off his game, leaving him stranded in downtown Chicago without his reindeer, magic hat, or sack of presents.EW.com, EW.com, 30 Nov. 2024
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“Stunt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stunt. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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