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Recent Examples of clam
Catherine Santino, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Oysters, Clams, and Mussels Oysters, clams, and mussels are good foods to increase vitamin B intake.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 21 Feb. 2025
Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Once medical examiners took custody of Murphy’s body, the vessel slipped back out the inlet to continue clamming.
—C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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Noun
According to the brand, the gown is enhanced with a clam basque inspired by an Alberto Giacometti lamp from the Maison archive.
—Catherine Santino, People.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Oysters, Clams, and Mussels Oysters, clams, and mussels are good foods to increase vitamin B intake.
—Julie Marks, Verywell Health, 21 Feb. 2025
Verb
The mask has a hydrogel texture that clams and cools the skin while its clinical-grade ingredients sink in to rejuvenate the complexion.
—Lauren Valenti, Vogue, 4 Oct. 2024
Once medical examiners took custody of Murphy’s body, the vessel slipped back out the inlet to continue clamming.
—C.j. Chivers James Patrick Cronin Elena Hecht Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 6 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clam
Noun
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That’s despite the billions of dollars the company has spent to prevent them, including $1.9 billion last year.—
Ryan Fonseca,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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Since its acquisition of Monsanto in 2018, Bayer has faced billions of dollars in payouts in a decades-old toxic mess that came with Monsanto, and its stock price hit a 20-year low in 2024.—
Niven R. Narain,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Raw beef was stored above raw sushi fish in a freezer, and a bag of sugar was being kept on the kitchen floor.—
Camila Pedrosa,
Sacbee.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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Investigators with the Brevard County Sheriff's Office determined that the boys were fishing 30 feet from Elkins' property.—
Adam Sabes,
FOXNews.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Nobody is complaining about the bang for the buck regarding Betts or the Dodgers.—
Terence Moore,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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For seven seasons, Ansari played Tom Haverford, the goofy Parks administrator who was constantly cooking up harebrained schemes to make a quick buck, or just entertain himself.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
27 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The streamer is launching the untitled series this summer, after the club, which was relegated last season, sealed promotion at the first chance after beating Peterborough on Tuesday (April 8).—
Peter White,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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If the small distance between the white dwarfs wasn't evidence enough of their doomed destiny, their combined mass certainly sealed their fate.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Some of these tools, for example, use data shared with the application for training their models; others harvest user interactions like keyboard stroke patterns, raising concerns about data privacy, security and compliance.—
Pawel Rzeszucinski,
Forbes.com,
4 Apr. 2025
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The American Journal of Transplantation study found that China is likely violating the dead donor rule, an ethical norm which requires all organ donors to be dead before their organs are harvested.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Clam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clam. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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