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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
Brian Grubb, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
SpaceX The booster, meanwhile, flipped around, re-ignited several engines to reverse course and headed back toward Boca Chica where the unique mechanical arms on the rocket's launch gantry were open and waiting.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Adam Trenkamp, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2024
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
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Verb
For them, no time has passed since Dylan flipped the switches after his waffle party and unleashed chaos.
—Brian Grubb, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
SpaceX The booster, meanwhile, flipped around, re-ignited several engines to reverse course and headed back toward Boca Chica where the unique mechanical arms on the rocket's launch gantry were open and waiting.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 17 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Klean Kanteen Rise Tumbler $30 at REI Hot: 4 hours
The flip lid exposes a large drink mouth that is easy to drink from but lets heat escape easily when left open.
—Adam Trenkamp, Outside Online, 10 Oct. 2024
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
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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
Verb
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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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If that trend is to be reversed, the United States needs to get its own house in order and demonstrate to the rest of the world that democratic governments can indeed deliver for their citizens and outperform the autocratic competition.—
Charles A. Kupchan,
The Atlantic,
10 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Guests have free access to the hotel’s cute alpine style spa with sauna, steam room and outdoor hot tub.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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The pair were photographed ice skating during a cute nighttime outing.—
Brenton Blanchet,
People.com,
19 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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For example, tying the knot on the same weekend as the Super Bowl in the city where the event is taking place may not be wise, as hotel availability will likely be limited and room rates may be much higher than normal.—
Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
19 Jan. 2025
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Back then, wise Israelis counseled that to remain an occupying power over an understandably angry people was not only morally repugnant, but could erode Israel's own society.—
Max Rodenbeck,
TIME,
17 Jan. 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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Photo: Nadav Kander for New York Magazine What Chained for Life did through its playful deconstruction of exploitation movies, A Different Man does in more structural ways.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
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The guest rooms, dreamed up by avant-garde French designer Philippe Starck, reflect his signature minimalist, yet playful style.—
Mariette Williams,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Jan. 2025
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“Flip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip. Accessed 26 Jan. 2025.
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