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as in judge
chiefly British
a public official having authority to decide questions of law
received a stiff sentence from one of the harshest beaks in all of London
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Recent Examples of beak
Harris and her friends have no choice but to wait it out, dodging beaks and flapping wings, all while hoping for a peaceful resolution by next month.
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Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The birds then worked out how to use their body weight and beaks to push objects such as bricks off the lids.
—New Atlas, 4 June 2025
Read More: An Antarctic Fossil From 69 Million Years Ago Reveals Earth’s Early Birds
An Arctic Nursery
A fossil fragment of a beak from a baby bird.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2025
According to a recent study in Global Change Biology, a journal focused on environmental change, the use and prevalence of hummingbird feeders — like those red and clear plastic ones filled with homemade sugar water — changed the size and shape of the birds' beaks.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 23 May 2025
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Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
The birds then worked out how to use their body weight and beaks to push objects such as bricks off the lids.
—New Atlas, 4 June 2025
Read More: An Antarctic Fossil From 69 Million Years Ago Reveals Earth’s Early Birds
An Arctic Nursery
A fossil fragment of a beak from a baby bird.
—Sam Walters, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2025
According to a recent study in Global Change Biology, a journal focused on environmental change, the use and prevalence of hummingbird feeders — like those red and clear plastic ones filled with homemade sugar water — changed the size and shape of the birds' beaks.
—Kat Lonsdorf, NPR, 23 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for beak
Noun
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Agnes has a gawky, floppy-haired beauty, a gently appraising stare, quizzically arching eyebrows, and a tendency to listen with her mouth half open, as if in anticipation of a punch line that will take her, and us, by surprise.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
20 June 2025
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Right as Elio opens his mouth to respond, the scene cuts, and the credits return.—
Wesley Stenzel,
EW.com,
20 June 2025
Noun
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The snout is short, flattened, with the mouth opening ventrally.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
11 June 2025
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Another shows a picture of Trump next to a pig's snout.—
Joe Cash,
USA Today,
30 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Additional provisions passed in this year’s legislative session will mean judges’ home addresses won’t appear in public property tax records when requested.—
Mara H. Gottfried,
Twin Cities,
19 June 2025
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In September 2024, a state judge ruled that the ban was unconstitutional, but it was reinstated one week later by the Georgia Supreme Court.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
19 June 2025
Noun
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The ant uses its mandible to grab on to the skin before curling its abdomen to reveal its stinger and inject venom into the body.—
Stephen Underwood,
Hartford Courant,
11 June 2025
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The samples included a tooth taken from a mandible, which became the second sample to yield a positive identification.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
30 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Begin by creating an awkward distance between nose and glass (an inch or two is good) and then go for a series of little gentle sniffs, thus warming up your nose.—
Felipe Schrieberg,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Breathing through the nose helps people absorb more oxygen, according to Todd Anderson, sleep and wellness expert and founder of Dream Performance & Recovery in Nashville.—
Angelica Stabile,
FOXNews.com,
25 June 2025
Noun
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The court's majority found that Tennessee's law is not subject to a heightened level of judicial review and satisfies the most deferential standard, known as rational basis.—
June 18,
CBS News,
18 June 2025
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That meant there were not enough justices to consider the appeal, which left in place a lower court’s ruling dismissing the lawsuit.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Juma and the camera are both near enough to the chaos to see muzzle flashes up close.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
15 June 2025
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Then in September, a Secret Service agent spotted the muzzle of a rifle sticking out of a fence in bushes at Trump's West Palm Beach golf club while scouting the course ahead of Trump.—
Khaleda Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 June 2025
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If the position players stay largely healthy, Hoyer’s front office can focus on bench options, since third baseman Matt Shaw has seized that job.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
16 June 2025
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When the team was struggling, Toronto Blue Jays bench coach Don Mattingly was rumored as a candidate to take over for manager John Schneider.—
Jon Paul Hoornstra,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 June 2025
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“Beak.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beak. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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