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as in cute
making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred
made some flip comment about the marriage between the old man and the considerably younger woman
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Recent Examples of flip
Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
The referee then displays the coin, flips it, and the visiting captain calls it in the air.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
Democrats have long looked at Collins’s seat as a flip opportunity, but the centrist has scored decisive reelection wins against rivals across the aisle.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2024
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Verb
While the volume of cursing may seem surprising, the house flipping showdown has deviated from the HGTV norm from the start.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 10 Feb. 2025
The referee then displays the coin, flips it, and the visiting captain calls it in the air.
—Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 8 Feb. 2025
Adjective
Likewise, the Reverso’s clever flip face came out of a need for polo players to protect the glass of their timekeepers while playing the high-octane sport.
—Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 26 Dec. 2024
Democrats have long looked at Collins’s seat as a flip opportunity, but the centrist has scored decisive reelection wins against rivals across the aisle.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 15 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip
Verb
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Whisk in the cream and juices; skim the foam off the top.—
Tribune News Service,
The Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2025
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Add to that, an impeccable manicure skimming the table for a soft touch.—
WWD Staff,
WWD,
27 Jan. 2025
Verb
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The Hang Seng tech index climbed 3.04%, reversing course from its over 2% Monday after Xi’s comments in a rare closed-door symposium.—
Amala Balakrishner,
CNBC,
17 Feb. 2025
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Chris Wright to reverse course, explaining the dire national security implications.—
Ella Nilsen,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Jang Theo was incredibly head over heels for her and showered her with gifts and cute gestures.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
11 Feb. 2025
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Her younger sister Rumi (who happens to be one half of a twin) matched her fly, wearing a black and white Amiri varsity jacket, light wash blue jeans, and Amiri’s cute Ma Canvas camera case.—
Elizabeth Ayoola,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Many thumbed their noses at the prospect of forgoing their advice and consent role, even for the president of their own party.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
15 Feb. 2025
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Defying the law would bring no real legal consequences for the people involved—which is why the Trump administration is already thumbing its nose at court orders.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Leave it to a wise little girl to remind us that there are in fact, more important, things in winning—a loving family, for instance.—
Elisabeth Sherman,
Parents,
10 Feb. 2025
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Sean also leaned on other gurus in wellness, like Deepak Chopra, Jay Shetty and even unexpected ones like Jay-Z. Additional support came from wise elders in his family, like his mom, in creating this interactive guidebook.—
Victoria Uwumarogie,
Essence,
10 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This is because of the increasing demands for networking and switches to connect exponentially larger clusters, from spine to leaf in the front end and back end, rack to rack and accelerator to accelerator.—
Beth Kindig,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New York Review of Books,
30 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Mike was a Sagittarius: adventurous, open-minded, playful, spontaneous, and reluctant to commit to anything.—
Erika W. Smith,
Vogue,
11 Feb. 2025
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At the beginning of the shoot, the team was in a good mood and almost playful.—
Jamie Lang,
Variety,
10 Feb. 2025
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“Flip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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