as in submarine
a large sandwich on a long split roll
ordered a meatball grinder from the beach's concession stand
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Recent Examples of grinder
Alas, this grinder pairing wasn’t quite perfectly calibrated, requiring much tweaking.
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Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2025
Once dry, use a spice grinder or coffee grinder to blitz them into a fine powder.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2025
And in a novel twist, the coffee brewer can be paired with the matching flat-burr grinder so the grinder theoretically churns the exact right amount of ground coffee.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2025
The remedy is effective for folks suffering from temporomandibular joint disorder, which causes jaw pain and stiffness, or teeth grinders, like me.
—Morgan Tilton, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
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Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2025
Once dry, use a spice grinder or coffee grinder to blitz them into a fine powder.
—Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Feb. 2025
And in a novel twist, the coffee brewer can be paired with the matching flat-burr grinder so the grinder theoretically churns the exact right amount of ground coffee.
—Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 7 Mar. 2025
The remedy is effective for folks suffering from temporomandibular joint disorder, which causes jaw pain and stiffness, or teeth grinders, like me.
—Morgan Tilton, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for grinder
Recent Examples of Synonyms for grinder
Noun
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First used in military submarines before becoming a global fossil-free energy source.—
Ingmar Rentzhog,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Moon, the submarine expert, said that North Korea may have received Russian technological assistance to build a nuclear reactor to be used in the submarine in return for supplying conventional weapons and troops to support Russia’s war efforts against Ukraine.—
Hyung-Jin Kim,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
Noun
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No single hero led an iteration of Thunderbolts in the comics as long as Hawkeye.—
Raja Krishnamoorthi,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
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There were some promising moments in that Overwatch demo, such as when Copilot suggested a new hero selection that gelled well with both the player's current teammates and the player's play history on the current map.—
Ars Technica,
Ars Technica,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Rutten said the meatball sub is especially popular.—
Jenna Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
19 Mar. 2025
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The Harry Potter movie was watched more than 40 million times on Max last year and reached nearly 20% of the WBD streamer’s subs in the measured territories, placing it eighth on the list, according to the analysis firm.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The 7,800-ton, 377-foot-long Virginia-class submarine can carry 25 torpedoes and 12 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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The koi — each one shaped like a torpedo, at least 18 inches long and weighing around 3.5 pounds — proved trickily slippery.—
Rukmini Callimachi,
New York Times,
20 Jan. 2025
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“Grinder.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grinder. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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