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as in to twinkle
to shine with light at regular intervals
she loves to sit in the dark and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink in ever-changing patterns
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as in to succumb
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
for two days the nations stood on the brink of war, until one finally blinked
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as in to stare
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
stood blinking at the ridiculous scene before him in utter disbelief
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Recent Examples of blink
Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
In other words, Goldman Sachs is betting that Trump will blink on tariffs if a recession looks imminent.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
In the blink of an eye, the monsters predicted days earlier by the ocean buoys had finally arrived.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
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Verb
Barry Keoghan can change the tenor of a scene just by shifting his shoulders; Rami Malek has built a career on showing up and blinking either too much or too little.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
In other words, Goldman Sachs is betting that Trump will blink on tariffs if a recession looks imminent.
—Matt Egan, CNN, 11 Mar. 2025
Noun
Four can become six, and it can be gone in the blink of an eye because there are no bye weeks or opportunities to regroup, get in the gym, and just concentrate on us for a week.
—Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2025
In the blink of an eye, the monsters predicted days earlier by the ocean buoys had finally arrived.
—Johnny Dodd, People.com, 23 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blink
Verb
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The first ones float in from a variety of keyboard/synthesizers, twinkling like stars into a G minor chord that grows ever more evident, until the mighty Minimoog takes centerstage.—
Jim Harrington,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Amid the twinkling grandeur of the cosmos, two hapless astronauts are fumbling crucial tasks: docking into a space station; adjusting the angle of satellite dishes; keeping their plants alive.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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For the skeptics, that is like desperately squinting for a silver lining.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
18 Mar. 2025
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There is much rubbing of ash between fingers and squinting to gauge the color.—
David Wharton,
Los Angeles Times,
4 Mar. 2025
Verb
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All the Sumerian cities of Mesopotamia succumbed to the same fate and were conquered by Sargon.—
Francesca Aton,
ARTnews.com,
20 Mar. 2025
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Tripp Miller, 50, succumbed to severe injuries endured from the tornado.—
Monica Mercuri,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
Verb
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But halfway into the season, Moiraine has mostly done a lot of staring and a little bit of really amateurish manipulation that backfires spectacularly.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Zegler also shared a final retro-style clip of herself while looking off to the side and staring at the camera, laughing.—
Escher Walcott,
People.com,
17 Mar. 2025
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This image features a deep field view of the Cassiopeia constellation immersed in the glow of ionized hydrogen gas, where the two small planetary nebulas can be found, Abell 6 and the larger HFG1.—
Miguel Claro,
Space.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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According to Cabot, the shade warms up beautifully under the glow of fire pits, string lights, and moonlight.—
Lauren Thomann,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The Blue Devils can only hold on to a flickering hope of getting an NIT bid as consolation.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
12 Mar. 2025
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The boys drop away and her fingers, illuminated, grow into a mesmerizing fire, flickering at fantastical speed, licking the light, flaming higher and higher.—
Jennifer Homans,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
Verb
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In time’s deeps, everything begins to engulf us, red galaxies winking from the end.—
Julie Swarstad Johnson,
Scientific American,
18 Mar. 2025
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The two paid a winking homage to the movie’s breakup scene, in which Segel gets dumped by Bell’s TV starlet character while fully nude.—
Natalie Oganesyan,
Deadline,
23 Feb. 2025
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By Hannah Jackson Within a relatively generous two week window, Frank submitted a round of sketches to kick off another seamless (sorry) remote design process.—
Fawnia Soo Hoo,
Vogue,
27 Mar. 2025
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In the Senate, there were seven testimonies submitted favoring SB 399, including a letter from NextEra Energy Transmission MidAtlantic in support of is project to build the MidAtlantic Resiliency Link transmission line.—
Noël Fletcher,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Blink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blink. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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