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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
Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article Meadow Ridge, a luxury continuing care retirement community in Redding, is the latest senior living community in the state to flip the switch and go solar, officials said.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 26 Nov. 2024
Michigan is already the big winner of flip season, those few weeks leading up to the early signing period when players change their minds.
—Austin Meek, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Verb
In the end, however, Johnson was able to flip two holdouts who switched to support him, with help from Trump, who called the dissenting Republican lawmakers from the golf course.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff and Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Listen to this article Meadow Ridge, a luxury continuing care retirement community in Redding, is the latest senior living community in the state to flip the switch and go solar, officials said.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Jan. 2025
Adjective
And with every one of those flip houses, new businesses, and projects at her own farmhouse, the family’s roots have been driven down deeper into the Blackland Prairie soil, anchoring her firmly and happily in place.
—Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 26 Nov. 2024
Michigan is already the big winner of flip season, those few weeks leading up to the early signing period when players change their minds.
—Austin Meek, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip
Verb
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California has seen an increase in card skimming over the past few years, with fraudulent activity popping up across the state.Fernanda Galan, Sacramento Bee, 13 Jan. 2025
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The best way to avoid falling victim to a skimming operation is to check any point-of-sale terminal before inserting your credit or debit card.Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 7 Jan. 2025
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With coach Jim Harbaugh, the Chargers appeared ready to reverse the team’s misfortunes.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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In 1900, engineers reversed the flow of the Chicago River, and 45 years before that, lawmakers decided to physically elevate the city from the swampland on which it was built.Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The kids were very cute & the crates were very broken.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 8 Jan. 2025
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In the cute black-and-white photo, Hailey, who appeared to be makeup-free, could be seen planting a kiss on Jack’s foot and holding onto his ankle.Hannah Sacks, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Boston Rob explains taking that huge Deal or No Deal Island gamble Even after 25 years, there are still people in Hollywood who thumb their nose at the reality competition genre.Dalton Ross, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Lead singer Hayley Williams and Swift hold thumbs up, as the band dressed in red and white smile backstage.Bryan West, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2024
Adjective
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Find someone who can be a sounding board and wise adviser with high mutual trust.Gregory Crawford, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
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Directed by Gia Coppola, Anderson was joined by a stellar cast: Jamie Lee Curtis, who plays Shelly's wise and fiercely loyal best friend Annette; Dave Bautista as stage manager Eddie; Billie Lourd as Shelly's daughter Hannah and Shipka and Song as dancers Jodie and Mary-Anne.Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
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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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The duo of actresses have had a playful rivalry after the Modern Family actress lost her Griselda Emmy nomination to Foster last year.Luke Chinman, People.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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Despite the playful teasing, Gomez credited the men for her presence at the evening’s awards ceremony.Sara Netzley, EW.com, 6 Jan. 2025
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“Flip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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