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Recent Examples of fin
Housed in a grand fin de siècle edifice by McKim, Mead and White, the architects of the old Penn Station and parts of Columbia University’s neo-Classical campus, the museum of today holds more than 140,000 objects in its collection.
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Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Each had similar diving gear but differed in certain patch and fin colors.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Commercial and recreational fishing are threats to the sharks, and they’re often targeted for their fins.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
The waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California are rich feeding grounds for blue, fin and humpback whales that cruise the coast during their annual migrations.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
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Jacoba Urist, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Mar. 2025
Each had similar diving gear but differed in certain patch and fin colors.
—Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
Commercial and recreational fishing are threats to the sharks, and they’re often targeted for their fins.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2025
The waters of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California are rich feeding grounds for blue, fin and humpback whales that cruise the coast during their annual migrations.
—Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 18 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fin
Noun
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Kim measures loudness via a descriptive scale, shifting the seemingly objective audiogram from an individualizing register into a personal one.—
Mara Mills,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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Margie is the one that came up with a lot of what makes Maker’s Mark, well, Maker’s Mark.—
Gina Pace,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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On Saturday, tens of thousands of protesters outraged by Trump's leadership since his return to office for a second term on January 20 took to the streets in all 50 states.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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As tens of thousands of Americans continue to contact their members of Congress to urge them to hold Musk accountable, Common Cause will continue to demand transparency and accountability from Musk and everyone in this administration because no one is above the law.—
Aaron Scherb,
The Orlando Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2025
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He’s not cracked reps with the second team with Hill getting all the work when the twos take over.—
Paul Dehner Jr.,
The Athletic,
9 Aug. 2024
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The tactile quality of the characters was modeled after stop-motion, including animating mostly on twos (one image for every two frames) for rough movement.—
Bill Desowitz,
IndieWire,
31 Jan. 2025
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The 35-year-old bagged 12 centuries and 35 fifties in ODIs and had the highest score of 164 against New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in 2016.—
Manasi Pathak,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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This mine looks like something out of the fifties because it was started in 1955.—
Antonia Hitchens,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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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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The state has given the region millions of dollars to aid homeless people and public data show that Caltrans has boosted sweeps in recent years.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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Disturbed’s Trio of Top Five Smashes The group even manages a trio of top fives on the Hard Rock Digital Song Sales chart, a tally which Disturbed has not only come to know well throughout the years, but dominates with some frequency.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 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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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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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
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“Fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fin. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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