as in to separate
to go or move in different directions from a central point
the road forks up ahead and you'll want to take the right fork
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Recent Examples of fork
Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
MyPillow had agreed in October to pay $550,000, but then didn’t fork over the money.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Robert Lea, Space.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Use tongs or two forks to shred the meat, discarding bones.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2025
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Verb
Data companies must also demonstrate financial viability and fork out exit fees if projects are canceled or downsized.
—Peter Kelly-Detwiler, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
MyPillow had agreed in October to pay $550,000, but then didn’t fork over the money.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2025
Noun
Instead, this matter wraps around the supermassive black hole like spaghetti wrapping around a fork, forming a flattened cloud called an accretion disk.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 5 Feb. 2025
Use tongs or two forks to shred the meat, discarding bones.
—Cathy Thomas, Orange County Register, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fork
Verb
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The three dozen options available at every game now are separated into tiers.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
15 Feb. 2025
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Secrets bob to the surface like drowning victims from the deep until nobody — not even the reader — can easily separate the terrible truth from even more terrible fictions.—
M.L. Rio,
New York Times,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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On the bottom rack, it is recommended to point all dishes towards the silverware basket and point all spoons and forks up while placing any knives or sharp utensils down.—
Nicole Letts,
Southern Living,
16 Feb. 2025
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Nearby, a knife with a roughly 6-inch-long blade was spotted on the sidewalk on 38th St. Police could not immediately say if it was tied to the case.—
Kerry Burke,
New York Daily News,
15 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Kidman wore her voluminous blonde hair parted in the middle with subtle but well-defined waves.—
Fernanda Pérez Sánchez,
Vogue,
8 Feb. 2025
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Ayari was aware of the Danish head coach from his spell in charge of Malmo in Sweden, but Tomasson parted company with Blackburn in February and was replaced by John Eustace.—
Andy Naylor,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The Danish architect Arne Jacobsen’s famous off-kilter stainless-steel soup spoon—its bowl set to the side, to approach the lips ahead of its handle—was produced in both left- and right-handed models from the time of its initial casting, in 1957.—
Megan Marshall,
The New Yorker,
8 Feb. 2025
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Spoons Metal spoons like the iconic Dardevle have been hammering pike across the globe for more than 100 years.—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
5 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Putin sees it as a way to divide the West, analysts say.—
Tracy Wilkinson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Feb. 2025
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President Trump and billionaire sidekick Elon Musk Tuesday accused the liberal media of trying to divide them to thwart their shared political agenda.—
Dave Goldiner,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Wipe away the cleaning solution with an unused paper towel, then spray on a bleach solution of one quart of water and four teaspoons of bleach.—
Rabekah Henderson,
Southern Living,
7 Feb. 2025
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This leaves the core, a proto-neutron star, in the process of becoming a 12-mile-wide (20-kilometer-wide) stellar remnant so dense that, if brought to Earth, just a teaspoon of its constituent matter would weigh around 10 million tons.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
7 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This sweeping study examines the results of such shifts, which, the author argues, are what set countries on diverging developmental paths and produced a host of modern social ills.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
10 Feb. 2025
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House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) sought to capitalize on the diverging views in the GOP over how to handle costly measures like tax cuts and Medicaid.—
Ramsey Touchberry,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
8 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Her ratio of about 1 3/4 cups white sugar to 2 tablespoons molasses hasn’t failed me yet.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
9 Feb. 2025
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For a thicker gravy, sprinkle in the flour or make a cornstarch slurry by combing two tablespoons of cold water with one tablespoon of cornstarch in a separate bowl and stir.—
Christine Rousselle,
Fox News,
8 Feb. 2025
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“Fork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fork. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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