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as in dime
a very small sum of money
their credit card debt isn't hay—it'll take years to pay it off
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as in bed
slang
a place set aside for sleeping
dragging myself out of the hay on such a cold, dreary morning seemed like an act of sheer masochism
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Recent Examples of hay
Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
Lots and lots of hay Like cows, rabbits are foragers that are hardwired to graze constantly, nibbling on fibers and hay one stalk at a time, Valand said.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
North Dakota ranchers all summer have been seeking federal government permission to also hay that land.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 July 2021
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Noun
Declan has been reading up on local lore, revealing that there are 13 different dialects in the area, which also boasts a church made entirely of bundled hay.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 25 Jan. 2025
Lots and lots of hay Like cows, rabbits are foragers that are hardwired to graze constantly, nibbling on fibers and hay one stalk at a time, Valand said.
—Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
Verb
North Dakota ranchers usually aren’t allowed to hay that land until after Aug. 1, when nesting season ends, to protect wildlife populations.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 23 July 2021
North Dakota ranchers all summer have been seeking federal government permission to also hay that land.
—From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 26 July 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hay
Noun
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Namely, making a downhill defender have to turn on a dime and sprint uphill, backpedaling between wing and prayer.—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2025
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Cumming investigated Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn Mosby, known for her lavish international trips on the taxpayer’s dime and problems accurately reporting her finances.—
David Williams,
Baltimore Sun,
29 Jan. 2025
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The celebration ended in a karaoke bar, followed by a cup of tea and chicken nuggets in bed for the newlyweds.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
11 Feb. 2025
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In Conclave, Fiennes herds the cardinals toward the election of a new pope after the existing Supreme Pontiff has been discovered dead in bed.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
11 Feb. 2025
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In the fight, Makhachev easily mowed Moicano down, finishing him with a D’arce Choke with 55 seconds remaining in the opening round.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
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Between 5 and 30 feet (9 meters), grasses should be mowed short, and the tree canopy should be at least 10 feet (3 meters) from the structure.—
Justin Angle,
The Conversation,
16 Jan. 2025
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In one bunk room for prison staff, this one completely burnt out, the small windows have inexplicably turned red.—
Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2025
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When Flora opened the door, Dani rushed in and fell on Flora’s bunk, dramatically throwing the flyers everywhere.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
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In other words, around 40 percent of the rise was tied to warmer weather, which may provide rats more opportunities to forage for food and reproduce.—
Sam Walters,
Discover Magazine,
6 Feb. 2025
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Join 1 other in the comments View Comments Researchers are aiming to work out how far bees will fly from the hive to forage for food, if there are enough food sources nearby.—
Jack Guy,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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The report also found that Santa Barbara County failed to thoroughly empty the existing basins before the disaster, drastically reducing their capacity to trap debris.—
Rong-Gong Lin II,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Feb. 2025
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Newsletter Sign up for our email newsletter for the latest science news Earthquakes, tornadoes, air strikes — all around the world, countless lives are lost not just to the direct impacts of disasters, but those that are trapped in the resulting wreckage.—
Anna Funk,
Discover Magazine,
6 Feb. 2025
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It’s been swinging since the Federal Reserve began cutting its main interest rate sharply from September intending to make borrowing cheaper, help the economy and boost prices for stocks, bonds and other investments.—
Stan Choe,
Los Angeles Times,
15 Feb. 2025
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Flaco escaped from the Central Park Zoo when an unknown vandal cut open the mesh of his enclosure.—
Kaitlyn Tiffany,
The Atlantic,
15 Feb. 2025
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While Suzy was still interested in gleaning every interesting fact about every creature ever, Franny was thinking about hair and clothes and boys.—
Chad Jones,
The Mercury News,
6 Feb. 2025
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Similarly, Evo was trained (opens a new tab) on large volumes of DNA — 300 billion base pairs from 2.7 million bacterial, archaeal and viral genomes — to glean functional information from stretches of DNA that a user inputs as prompts.—
Ingrid Wickelgren,
Quanta Magazine,
5 Feb. 2025
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“Hay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hay. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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