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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
Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2025
Like every season, the play across the NHL has ramped up considerably since the calendar flipped to March.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
During the two-hour series premiere on Jan. 29, viewers are introduced to Christina’s contractor, Michael Lange, and her design partner, Kylie Wing, who step up to help her with a kitchen renovation for her flip property.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Spend the afternoon flipping through the racks, discovering hidden gems, and walking away with a piece of fashion history (or two).
—Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2025
Like every season, the play across the NHL has ramped up considerably since the calendar flipped to March.
—Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 18 Mar. 2025
Adjective
The inspector saw a roach on a kitchen prep table, another on a flip top cookline cooler and two more promenading about the kitchen floor.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 7 Feb. 2025
During the two-hour series premiere on Jan. 29, viewers are introduced to Christina’s contractor, Michael Lange, and her design partner, Kylie Wing, who step up to help her with a kitchen renovation for her flip property.
—Natalia Senanayake, People.com, 30 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip
Verb
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Most of the Wildcats’ most incisive passes skimmed across the turf, immune to the same gusts that could knock a long ball off-course in the air.—
Joseph Dycus,
The Mercury News,
3 Mar. 2025
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May is when the action really kicks off, with live music every Sunday, a Pride weekend May 17 and 18, and the semi-thawing of Lake Reveal, a high alpine lake that skiers and riders try to skim—and often sink into.—
Anna Fiorentino,
AFAR Media,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The city could face a devastating economic collapse if the Trump administration’s decision to revoke TPS is not reversed.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
13 Mar. 2025
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Alongside the quick de minimis suspension, the USPS halted all inbound shipments from China and Hong Kong on Feb. 4, before reversing the decision just 12 hours later.—
Glenn Taylor,
Sourcing Journal,
13 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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In December 2024, the brand opened a cute hut that could have been plucked out of a Disney cartoon on the beach of the St. Regis Kanai Resort in Riviera Maya.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
WWD,
9 Mar. 2025
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Trendy cuffed denim and new takes on the brand’s beloved barrel jeans are in the mix, but that’s only the beginning; cute shorts, skirts, and capris are also up for grabs (and starting to sell out).—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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And in that instance, thumbs down might actually have meant spare the fellow, put your sword down.—
Louis Peitzman,
Vulture,
21 Nov. 2024
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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
Adjective
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Here, Forbes Coaches Council members share wise strategies for tactfully and strategically highlighting your contributions at work.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Speaking of family, Nivola’s parents gave him some wise advice.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
16 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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Designers are leaning into contrast, pairing breezy fabrics with tailored precision while a muted yet playful color palette sets the tone.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Essence,
19 Mar. 2025
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Braswell told Newsweek via TikTok that Sadie started becoming less and less playful with age.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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“Flip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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