greek

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Recent Examples of greek My Big Fat Greek Wedding An unexpected smash hit, this 2002 comedy was written by star Nia Vardalos and was made on a budget of $5,000,000. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 15 Feb. 2025 According to the Greek Archaic poets, he was seen as a handsome immortal who used golden arrows to spark love and interfere with the emotions of Gods and men. Jordana Comiter, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025 The 25th anniversary edition of Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes – Live At The Greek is available to preorder in a variety of formats, including a 6-LP vinyl version, now. Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2025 The 19-year-old Greek forward’s rise has been particularly rapid. Andy Naylor, The Athletic, 12 Feb. 2025 And learning the grammatical structures of Latin and Greek helped him in his volunteer work teaching English to women in Afghanistan. Jon Marcus, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Feb. 2025 Omotoso is best known for the Disney film Rise (aka The Greek Freak), based on the life of NBA Champion Giannis Antetokounmpo. Matt Grobar, Deadline, 11 Feb. 2025 One of our favorite quotes in our family my dad loves to use is from My Big Fat Greek Wedding. Bon Appétit, 3 Feb. 2025 He was released soon afterwards, although four appeals, the last in 2006 by his widow, to overturn his conviction were rejected by Greek’s highest court. Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for greek
Noun
  • So the hocus-pocus of GPT halting on my name is a rare but conspicuous leaf on a much larger tree of model control.
    Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
  • One of the important things Conclave does is to slowly peel back archaic layers to reveal what all the hocus-pocus represents in this day and age.
    Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Watch dozens of hot air balloons take flight at the Hudson Hot Air Affair winter festival this weekend.
    Audrey Kennedy, Axios, 6 Feb. 2025
  • If your cruise company offers you the chance to sign up for a hot air balloon excursion, think twice about it.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Driving the news: The statement was published only in English on the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office — potentially another case of double-talk by Netanyahu.
    Barak Ravid, Axios, 27 Sep. 2024
  • The GOP Senate candidate in Arizona, whose brand is a combative, never-back-down MAGA politics, has adopted a position on the issue that is nearly indistinguishable from that of double-talking Democrats.
    Rich Lowry, National Review, 14 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Is there a company that prides itself on an absence of rigmarole?
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 22 July 2024
  • Last season’s nail-biting seven-game battle was famously known as the I-80 series because both teams opted for the approximately 90-minute (depending on traffic) bus ride rather than the rigmarole of a short flight.
    Joe Rubin, Sacramento Bee, 16 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • Theo James and Theo James are getting into some serious monkey business.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2024
  • But there was some monkey business during his very first scene that gave him pause.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 10 May 2024
Noun
  • President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order formally creating a National Energy Dominance Council and directed it to move quickly to drive up already record-setting domestic oil and gas production.
    Matthew Daly, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Russia was also kicked out of the SWIFT global banking system, while Western nations froze Russia's access to some of its foreign reserves, and Europe froze purchases of Russian oil and gas.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The vibe on-set is breezy and free; the collection of talent, both on the song and hanging out here today, makes the afternoon feel like the modern-day, Bay version of the Great Day in Harlem celebrating the 1950s New York jazz scene.
    Dan Rys, Billboard, 11 Feb. 2025
  • With jazz and soul inflections, her music has established her as a perennial force in contemporary R&B, earning her 11 Grammy nominations including one win for best traditional R&B performance in 2021.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 9 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Another aspect to note is that the AI didn’t ridicule me or otherwise play any tomfoolery about my commentary.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes, 23 Jan. 2025
  • A little tomfoolery never hurt anybody, and there's been a lot between Pittsburgh Penguins' forward Sidney Crosby and Minnesota Wild Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 7 Jan. 2025

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“Greek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greek. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.

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