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as in cute
making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred
made some flip comment about the marriage between the old man and the considerably younger woman
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Recent Examples of flip
Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
In a world fraught with turmoil, Andy Frasco and the U.N. flipped the script to bring pure joy to the Irving Plaza plaza crowd.
—Steve Spaleta, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Still, the dead of winter temps didn’t stop him from rocking a pair of flip flops.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Sure, the team gains some cap space in the process and could flip Bunting again ahead of the deadline or over the summer.
—Shayna Goldman, The Athletic, 6 Mar. 2025
In a world fraught with turmoil, Andy Frasco and the U.N. flipped the script to bring pure joy to the Irving Plaza plaza crowd.
—Steve Spaleta, Space.com, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
During the two-hour series premiere on Jan. 29, viewers are introduced to Christina’s contractor, Michael Lange, and her design partner, Kylie Wing, who step up to help her with a kitchen renovation for her flip property.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
Still, the dead of winter temps didn’t stop him from rocking a pair of flip flops.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip
Verb
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May is when the action really kicks off, with live music every Sunday, a Pride weekend May 17 and 18, and the semi-thawing of Lake Reveal, a high alpine lake that skiers and riders try to skim—and often sink into.—
Anna Fiorentino,
AFAR Media,
28 Feb. 2025
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The storm comes hours after a system that skimmed much of the same region with little precipitation landed harder in some parts of the East Coast.—
John Bacon,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Similarly, even if the United States lifts its sprawling set of export controls and asset freezes imposed on Russia since February 2022, its major trading partners will not necessarily reverse their own measures against Moscow.—
Anna Cooban,
CNN,
1 Mar. 2025
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The quarterly signals could be reversed next week as stocks rallied sharply on Friday.—
Tom Aspray,
Forbes,
1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In December 2024, the brand opened a cute hut that could have been plucked out of a Disney cartoon on the beach of the St. Regis Kanai Resort in Riviera Maya.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
9 Mar. 2025
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Trendy cuffed denim and new takes on the brand’s beloved barrel jeans are in the mix, but that’s only the beginning; cute shorts, skirts, and capris are also up for grabs (and starting to sell out).—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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And in that instance, thumbs down might actually have meant spare the fellow, put your sword down.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2024
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Many thumbed their noses at the prospect of forgoing their advice and consent role, even for the president of their own party.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
15 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The Camino is wise; its lessons come slowly, mile by mile, day by day.—
Daniela Diaz,
Vogue,
8 Mar. 2025
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Even if the snow continuously falls, removing it before more than four inches accumulates is wise, as large amounts of snow are significantly more difficult to remove.—
Kamron Sanders,
Better Homes & Gardens,
6 Mar. 2025
Verb
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This is because of the increasing demands for networking and switches to connect exponentially larger clusters, from spine to leaf in the front end and back end, rack to rack and accelerator to accelerator.—
Beth Kindig,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New York Review of Books,
30 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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This album embodies the playful, confident and bold nature of this Fire sign, with Gaga bringing out her inner theatre kid.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
7 Mar. 2025
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With playful prints, fun embroideries, and the softest material, Stripe & Stare has something for everyone—even every astrological sign.—
Conçetta Ciarlo,
Vogue,
7 Mar. 2025
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“Flip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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