as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
they choose to live modestly and don't seem to give a fig for the trappings of success
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Recent Examples of fig
Specialty pies include The Big Sur, with 40 cloves of roasted garlic scattered among the sausage, pepperoni and mushrooms, and the Figgy Piggy, which features black figs, feta, bacon and sage.
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Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Pop maintained a flourishing landscape of lenten roses, cared for fruit-producing fig trees, and grew a bountiful herb and vegetable garden.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2025
The palate is viscous slightly beyond its proof, and those dark fruits carry over well, rich in fig, plum pudding, and mulberry; t’s like a vanilla tart topped with fresh berries underneath a sugary glaze.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Designed with notes of lemon, fig, jasmine and patchouli.
—Alice Gibbs, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
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Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 24 Jan. 2025
Pop maintained a flourishing landscape of lenten roses, cared for fruit-producing fig trees, and grew a bountiful herb and vegetable garden.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2025
The palate is viscous slightly beyond its proof, and those dark fruits carry over well, rich in fig, plum pudding, and mulberry; t’s like a vanilla tart topped with fresh berries underneath a sugary glaze.
—David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 23 Feb. 2025
Designed with notes of lemon, fig, jasmine and patchouli.
—Alice Gibbs, Newsweek, 3 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fig
Noun
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Continue reading … 'STEELE' THE SHOW – MSNBC host demands Democrats start giving a ‘damn’ about Trump, Musk in fiery rant.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
17 Feb. 2025
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Shortly thereafter, Facebook changed its name to Meta and sank $45 billion into its vision of a digital universe that most people just don’t seem to give much of a damn about.—
Boone Ashworth,
WIRED,
25 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Instead, Rupp ended up playing the only member of Agatha’s coven without a lick of magical talent.—
Lauren Coates,
Variety,
23 Mar. 2025
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The first responders will stay as long as duty demands—the Eaton Fire remains roughly 90% contained, though cleanup efforts will likely continue well past the last lick of flame.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The lack of logic Trump’s fun-house version of justice may not matter a whit to voters, or alter even slightly their perceptions of the two major parties.—
Mark Z. Barabak,
The Mercury News,
4 Feb. 2025
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The last-minute Annie Oakley act does not alter that one whit.—
The Editors,
National Review,
30 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Our driver, Stu, was a hoot and snuck in a couple of impromptu stops at Baldwin Street, the world’s steepest street, and the historic Dunedin Railway Station, an architectural landmark considered to be the most photographed building in New Zealand.—
Lois Alter Mark,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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The prolonged hoots and hollers that followed, so soon after the concert’s start, said it all: there were two stars in the house.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Fig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fig. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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