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Recent Examples of fin
Anglerfish ancestors lived on the seafloor and maneuvered around using specialized stout fins, much like their close relatives the batfishes and frogfishes.
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Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Researchers designed a soft-bodied robot with flapping fins that spontaneously snap back to their initial state.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
Architecture buffs will appreciate the granite columns and stucco work of its grand exterior and the sweep of its fin de siècle central staircase.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
Morphological characteristics of the fish were measured – the size of their eyes; aspects of their gill rakers, cartilaginous appendages fish use to capture tiny invertebrates; fin lengths, jaw shapes, and more.
—Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Danielle Hall, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Dec. 2024
Researchers designed a soft-bodied robot with flapping fins that spontaneously snap back to their initial state.
—Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 4 Dec. 2024
Architecture buffs will appreciate the granite columns and stucco work of its grand exterior and the sweep of its fin de siècle central staircase.
—Liam Hess, Vogue, 21 Nov. 2024
Morphological characteristics of the fish were measured – the size of their eyes; aspects of their gill rakers, cartilaginous appendages fish use to capture tiny invertebrates; fin lengths, jaw shapes, and more.
—Keith Matheny, USA TODAY, 10 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fin
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More and more, people not only reach for the most special watches in their collection, but also the most comfortable ones.Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2025
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While no one ever wants to see such a majestic animal suffer, there is hope that these incidents will lead to meaningful action, ensuring that species like the thresher shark have a fighting chance in our increasingly pressured oceans.Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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The city is set to host six matches – a massive event that will draw tens of thousands of spectators from around the world.Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 13 Jan. 2025
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Crews worked furiously and by Sunday morning power had been restored to parts of North Carolina and South Carolina where tens of thousands of customers lost electricity over the last few days, according to Duke Energy.SARA CLINE AND BEN FINLEY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, arkansasonline.com, 13 Jan. 2025
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Has the number two been popping up frequently in your life, from seeing 2:22 on a clock to noticing repeating twos on invoices?Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 20 Dec. 2024
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People talk about the terrible twos, but she’s found her foothold in that kind of behavior, and there’s just no reasoning with her.Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 21 Dec. 2024
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Across from me was Jack, a vegan chef in his fifties from California who lived in Zurich.Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2024
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Remy’s other best buddy is Armand, who is in his fifties.Rachel Kushner, Harper's Magazine, 2 Dec. 2024
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United States businesses are silently hemorrhaging trillions of dollars through a surprisingly basic shortcoming: our inability to effectively solve recurring human and organizational performance problems.Rob De La Espriella, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2025
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Hon Hai Precision Industry, which does business as Foxconn internationally, said in a Sunday statement that the company’s fourth-quarter revenue totaled 2.1 trillion New Taiwan dollars ($63.9 billion), growing 15% year over year.Ryan Browne, CNBC, 6 Jan. 2025
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The intrigue: Both Raleigh and Durham had similar listening habits, with nearly identical top fives — though Durham left a spot for Ye, the controversial rapper and producer formerly known as Kanye West, and Raleigh preferred Morgan Wallen.Zachery Eanes, Axios, 5 Dec. 2024
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This chart week is just beginning, so Carpenter will claim her three top fives for the next few days.Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
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But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.Jack Handey, The New Yorker, 5 Feb. 2024
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Say, there's an idea: The mall is free, but the greeter will shake your hand for a sawbuck.Star Tribune, Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
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One billion bucks is about what December managed, right at our projection.Tom Brueggemann, IndieWire, 2 Jan. 2025
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The tactic that bags one buck won’t be right for a different one.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2025
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“Fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fin. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.
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