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tipping

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verb

present participle of tip

Examples Sentences

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Recent Examples of tipping
Verb
Sony’s Stein, too, has seen the balance tipping toward originals in recent months. Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 18 Oct. 2024 In bright-colored shorts and singlets, with wide smiles on their faces, my group cut a striking image against the slopes of brush and heather, which was deep green and on the verge of tipping into its famous purple bloom. Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 17 Oct. 2024 Are we supposed to be tipping everyone who provides any service now? Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tipping
Adjective
  • In recent years, Allentown has undergone an uneven revival spurred by the arrival of tens of thousands of Latinos, many of them exiles from New York, who now make up a majority of the city’s population.
    Julia Preston, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Asian stock markets posted uneven performances on Thursday, with gains in Tokyo and Seoul offset by declines in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Hanging a frame in my apartment the other day, a crooked placement gave me pause.
    Camille Freestone, Architectural Digest, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Mike seemed perfectly willing to negotiate with that crooked Nevada senator until the man got belligerent and racist and insulted Michael’s family.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 17 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Their cutbacks on spending forced a reckoning among restaurants, with fast-food brands like McDonald’s leaning into value menus and full-service chains like Red Lobster embarking on ambitious makeovers.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
  • The Democratic-leaning Latino groups pushed back on that narrative, citing their own polling.
    Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
Adjective
  • Nick Bosa played through a hip injury to play Sunday, only to be knocked out of the game by an oblique injury.
    Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
  • Mookie Betts missed almost two months with a broken left hand while Max Muncy was sidelined more than three months with a strained right oblique.
    Jerry Beach, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024

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“Tipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tipping. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.

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