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Recent Examples of whit People can show up with the most expensive gift and care not a whit about you. Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 12 Sep. 2023 But equivocation in a country that doesn’t care a whit if Shakespeare is still on the syllabus can easily pass unnoticed. Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2023 The real reason was that the Fed’s most powerful and vocal constituency was, and remains, the banks, which don’t care one whit about people getting thrown out of work. Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023 These folks have been sweetening lives here since the early 1950s, and the taffy recipe hasn't changed a whit. Tracey Minkin, Southern Living, 12 July 2023 See all Example Sentences for whit 
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Noun
  • Shortly thereafter, Facebook changed its name to Meta and sank $45 billion into its vision of a digital universe that most people just don’t seem to give much of a damn about.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But the rate at which people are ditching cable suggests that carriage fees won’t be worth a tinker’s damn by the time the looming batch of NBA deals expires.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 July 2024
Noun
  • His baritone voice is loud and clear but not overly boosted, and vibrant electric guitar licks and fiddle fills are cleanly presented with clear panning.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Cher Ami, however, managed to make it through—though not without taking his licks (the pigeon was shot in the chest and the leg, and lost an eye).
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • One lucky family got a hoot of a tree topper this Christmas!
    Kimberlee Speakman, People.com, 20 Dec. 2024
  • The comments are a hoot FBI text message warning: What to know about keeping your information safe The use of AI in higher education has received pushback from some due to concerns surrounding academic integrity and privacy.
    Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The case against him was built on eyewitness identification; not a shred of physical or forensic evidence linked him to the scene.
    Dan Slepian, NBC News, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Witness, without a shred of judgment, your thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations.
    Ellen Choi, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024

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“Whit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whit. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.

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