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Recent Examples of fillet
For people new to fishing this can be intimidating, but filleting your catch is not that difficult.
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
There’s more than one way to fillet a fish.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Small fish are harder to fillet.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Last week, Labrador and his father celebrated Labrador’s recovery by filleting and eating the frozen mutton snapper, lobster and yellow jack that was caught on the day of his injury.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
There’s more than one way to fillet a fish.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Small fish are harder to fillet.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Last week, Labrador and his father celebrated Labrador’s recovery by filleting and eating the frozen mutton snapper, lobster and yellow jack that was caught on the day of his injury.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fillet
Verb
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Inside, craftspeople braided corn husks for mats and made felt woolen slippers and hats.—
Jen Murphy,
Travel + Leisure,
15 June 2025
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The cables are braided, by the way, as the photos clearly show.—
David Phelan,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
Verb
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Here’s a peek at the new flavors and some of the ingredients that inspired them: Lemon curd & whey This light and citrusy flavor uses whey as a substitute for lemon juice to make lemon curd that ribbons throughout the ice cream base.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
24 May 2023
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Introduce the color in small doses: a throw on the couch, ribbon on a wreath, trim around a lampshade, or even gift wrap on the packages.—
Savanna Bous,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Nov. 2022
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Outside, San Francisco at dusk: Bob Ross clouds in haphazard sweepings of pink and feathered gray and, darkening beneath them, the city itself, garishly beautiful and troubled.—
Andrew Kay,
Harpers Magazine,
28 May 2025
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Some loyalists were tarred and feathered, scalped, or even hanged.—
Greg Daugherty,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 June 2025
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Thomas is a restricted free agent, but that distinction borders on irrelevant in a market where nobody else has cap space, and Thomas figures to make more than the nontaxpayer MLE. 3.—
John Hollinger,
New York Times,
18 June 2025
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The infield figures to get complicated as well when Alex Bregman returns.—
Aaliyan Mohammed,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
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Today, that plant is one of thousands on the grounds, a place where monarch ferns frill around the auburn necks of melinonii philodendrons and buttercream and magenta orchids hang like pendants from a jabuticabeira, its spreading copper limbs blistered with purple fruit.—
Michael Snyder Pedro Kok,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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The collection, which will surely be talked about as the best of the entire week, was an unflinching reminder that a serious depth of femininity — the frilled, bedazzled, artistic kind — should never be mistaken for weakness.—
Gabrielle Korn,
refinery29.com,
13 Feb. 2020
Verb
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Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. laced a two-out single to right in the second for the first hit off Burns in the big leagues.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
New York Times,
24 June 2025
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People who consumed edibles laced with tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, showed signs of early cardiovascular disease similar to tobacco smokers.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
18 June 2025
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Beats Pill Deals The new Beats Pill is compact, water-resistant, and loud enough to hold its own at a backyard hang or beach day.—
Juhi Wadia,
PC Magazine,
25 June 2025
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Meanwhile, licenses hung for display on her wall were for a temporary foster care with a capacity of one, police said.—
Olivia Lloyd,
Miami Herald,
25 June 2025
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Donning a shawl embroidered with floral patterns traditionally designed by women from Paete, her parents’ hometown, this Maria folds her arms in defiance, her face stern.—
Hung Duong,
Artforum,
18 June 2025
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After Appeals Court Pauses Ruling A note to viewers who like historical dramas for the costumes, the art production in this drama is lovely and the hanboks are ornately embroidered.—
Joan MacDonald,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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“Fillet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fillet. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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