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Recent Examples of chirp
David Pierce, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2024
While speaking with reporters on Monday, Sirianni was asked about chirping back at fans and whether Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie has spoken to him about it.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024
Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
The honey hunters themselves interact with honeyguide birds the same way, following their chirps to the hives.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Verb
Now there are Alexa devices in millions of homes, just listening and chirping away all day.
—David Pierce, The Verge, 5 Nov. 2024
While speaking with reporters on Monday, Sirianni was asked about chirping back at fans and whether Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie has spoken to him about it.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 14 Oct. 2024
Noun
This beautiful cat makes the sweetest chirps and meows to talk to you!
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
The honey hunters themselves interact with honeyguide birds the same way, following their chirps to the hives.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chirp
Verb
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But teammates have peeped how Buzelis doesn’t hesitate to spend extra time studying.—
Darnell Mayberry,
The Athletic,
24 Nov. 2024
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Pandora is one of the hottest jewelry brands of the moment—just peep the constant lines outside of each of its mall stores.—
Malia Griggs,
Glamour,
2 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Republican conference is rife with sticking points as budget hawks squawk and some House Republicans insist on increasing the state and local tax deduction.—
Taylor Giorno,
The Hill,
30 Dec. 2024
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There’s no dialogue, at least none decipherable to human ears — everything is a symphony of meows, woofs, squawks, grunts, squeaks, squeals and simian cries.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
20 Nov. 2024
Verb
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The weather service tweeted that temperatures reached 49 degrees on Tuesday, the warmest day of the month.—
Robert A. Cronkleton,
Kansas City Star,
29 Jan. 2025
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The day after Trump's inauguration, Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw of Texas tweeted at CEO Tim Cook to ask why Apple Maps had not made the change.—
Jibin Joseph,
PCMAG,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The jungle struck up its evening symphony: the sweet chittering of insects, the distant bellowing of monkeys, the occasional screech of a kite.—
Charlie Cordero,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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But as the race against former President Trump screeches into its final week, joy has taken the back seat.—
David Lauter,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Oct. 2024
Noun
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Barrymore squeals in disgust after reaching into her pocket and pulling out a sandwich.—
Shyla Watson,
People.com,
19 Dec. 2024
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At the corner of St. Peter and Royal Streets, a tuba begins its rumbling and a trombone squeals; the instruments sparkle in the sunlight, glinting gold amid a gathering crowd.—
Caroline Rogers,
Southern Living,
25 Nov. 2024
Verb
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Made using a French choux-style pastry of butter, flour, and eggs that is cooked on the stove top, these crab puffs get piped onto a sheet pan, then baked until golden brown and perfectly airy and crisp.—
Southern Living Test Kitchen,
Southern Living,
30 Dec. 2024
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But for those who followed its early career as America’s most popular indie-rock band in the ’80s, R.E.M.’s popularity came as something of a culture shock, with their cult heroes now being piped into suburban malls and playing in rotation on classic rock radio stations.—
Marc Weingarten,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Loud hums, squeaks, and rattles: While many old dishwashers do emit a loud hum, sometimes this can be caused by a problem with a pump.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
25 Jan. 2025
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However, instead of a traditional meow, the kitten can only manage a tiny squeak.—
John Yoo and John Shu,
Newsweek,
23 Jan. 2025
Verb
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In early 2020, Daniel Bachman stood at the edge of a creek in Falmouth, Virginia, recording the sounds of the insects chittering and buzzing around him.—
Brendan Fitzgerald,
Smithsonian Magazine,
27 Dec. 2024
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Where birds and frogs and rodents once chirped and croaked and chittered, the forest is silent, save for the sounds of passing cars.—
Katherine J. Wu,
The Atlantic,
17 June 2024
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“Chirp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chirp. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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