as in person
a member of the human race
kindhearted and generous, she's a real good egg by anyone's standard
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Recent Examples of egg
Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
The egg juggler in the first film came from one of his paintings.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025
Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Stokes and McCullum are almost egging each other on to go beyond what feels realistic now that the New Zealander has extended his contract.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Noun
That's put a crack in the nation's egg supply, which shows no sign of easing.
—Scott Horsley, NPR, 7 Feb. 2025
The egg juggler in the first film came from one of his paintings.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
My brother pretended to run away at one point and that egged the crowd on even more.
—Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 29 Oct. 2024
Stokes and McCullum are almost egging each other on to go beyond what feels realistic now that the New Zealander has extended his contract.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egg
Noun
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Measles virus spreads when an infected person coughs, sneezes or talks and another person inhales droplets, Mayo Clinic said.—
Eduardo Cuevas,
USA TODAY,
16 Feb. 2025
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But a veteran prosecutor stepped up out of concern for the jobs of the younger people in the unit, said the person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss details of the private meeting.—
MICHAEL R. SISAK, LARRY NEUMEISTER, ALANNA DURKIN RICHER AND ERIC TUCKER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
15 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Cookie whipped them and forced them to walk on burning pavement.—
Lawrence Wright,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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Pitchers and catchers report to the Padres’ spring training complex on Wednesday, leaving the team six weeks to whip the roster in shape for opening day.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The officer repeatedly instructed the elderly man to drop the gun, and when backup officers arrived and issued the same command, the man continued to aim the weapon at them.—
Elizabeth Keogh,
New York Daily News,
19 Feb. 2025
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Broward Sheriff’s Officer homicide detectives are investigating the fatal shooting of a man in Pompano Beach early Sunday morning.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The firings — part of a wave of terminations across the federal government this week spurred by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency — underscore the chaos as the world’s richest man seeks to quickly overhaul the federal bureaucracy in Trump’s image.—
Bloomberg News,
Boston Herald,
16 Feb. 2025
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However, emotional eating occurs when food consumption is not spurred by physical hunger but rather by feelings.—
Allison Futterman,
Discover Magazine,
15 Feb. 2025
Noun
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While Bleu de Chanel masterfully balances citrus top notes with an amber and creamy base, this takes those latter notes and brings them to life with a sweet and spicy twang.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
11 Feb. 2025
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Since infancy, her life has been shaped by hospitalizations, chronic pain and high-risk surgeries.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Trump backed down on the former but has pressed ahead with China tariffs, for which Beijing retaliated.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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Once alone, Rob continued to press Sophie over the timeline.—
Abigail Adams,
People.com,
11 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Once there was a guy, who, as an experiment, only ate at one restaurant and one kind of food.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
14 Feb. 2025
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With that, the two guys spontaneously started dancing — punching the air, while spinning on their feet, ecstatic.—
Wash Westmoreland,
The Hollywood Reporter,
14 Feb. 2025
Verb
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There are only one or two overt villains, and even they get poked and prodded in ways that add dimension to their lizard brains.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
11 Feb. 2025
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They were prodded by Joel Denaro, an attorney and family friend of Lucy’s parents, Andres and Melissa Fernandez, who argue that prosecutors have been too soft on Pino.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
2 Jan. 2025
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“Egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egg. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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