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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
Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
According to Federal Election Commission records from 2017 to the end of 2024, control of a House seat flipped less than 15% of the time in a special election during that timespan.
—Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025
After hitting the guardrail, the truck flipped over and Griffith got out and ran away, leading law enforcement authorities on a chase, according to Gulluni.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
Whitmer hails from a swing state President Trump flipped in November, but Democrats have performed successfully at the state level during her tenure as governor.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
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Verb
He's eventually flipped on he's said and who has stood with him.
—Matt Robison, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025
According to Federal Election Commission records from 2017 to the end of 2024, control of a House seat flipped less than 15% of the time in a special election during that timespan.
—Hunter Woodall, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2025
After hitting the guardrail, the truck flipped over and Griffith got out and ran away, leading law enforcement authorities on a chase, according to Gulluni.
—Natalie Demaree, Miami Herald, 31 Mar. 2025
Whitmer hails from a swing state President Trump flipped in November, but Democrats have performed successfully at the state level during her tenure as governor.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip
Verb
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Enter the hollow-body frog, which will skim over the mats with ease.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
26 Mar. 2025
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In 2017, a previous version of the car skimmed a cyclist in London, leading to some bad press, so this latest iteration has been programmed not to overtake cyclists, horse riders, or anything slow-moving on the road.—
Carlton Reid,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
Verb
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There was no response to an inquiry about whether the firings would be reversed.—
Meg Tirrell,
CNN Money,
6 Apr. 2025
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Drastic cuts to the 9/11 program were reversed earlier this year after Republican lawmakers sounded the alarm.—
Thomas Tracy,
New York Daily News,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Plus, shop cute styles for brunch with friends or date night.—
Isabel Garcia,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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This cute upstairs cafe at the English Market is a great choice for tea, cakes or lunch.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Maine high school athlete Cassidy Carlisle expounded on her message to Gov. Janet Mills as the state continued to thumb its nose as President Donald Trump and maintain its transgender-athlete policies in girls' and women’s sports.—
Ryan Gaydos,
Fox News,
24 Mar. 2025
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Williams seemed to thumb his nose at the proceedings.—
Ronan Farrow,
The New Yorker,
24 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Mid-soul-searching, a wise friend suggested something.—
Jed Brewer,
Rolling Stone,
1 Apr. 2025
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Getting struck by lightning might not sound like a very wise idea to us, but for one tropical tree species, an occasional zap is a good thing.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
31 Mar. 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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Embrace authentic storytelling, playful language and unique design.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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From Carol Stream, Kyle Daily’s knives have playful handles with a contoured coke-bottle shape, whimsical file work along the spine and studs pressed in like polka-dots.—
Ahmed Ali Akbar,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Flip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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