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as in flags
a piece of cloth with a special design that is used as an emblem or for signaling
a Portuguese ship flying the national jack
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as in sailors
one who operates or navigates a seagoing vessel
the streets of the old seaport were once full of jacks, harlots, and other dockside denizens
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jacks
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Backstroke flags are held in place with fishing wire, and the assistant coach’s husband, José Preciado, used his 3D printer to make red, regulation 15-meter markers for the team.—
Cara Anthony,
CNN Money,
12 Apr. 2025 -
The incident brought out the caution flags.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
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Outside of the top four guys, Tuttle took a pay cut to stick around, and Crumedy, last year’s sixth-round pick, is continuing to develop.—
Mike Kaye,
Charlotte Observer,
25 Mar. 2025
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Those guys are going to be great players.—
Adam Lichtenstein,
Sun Sentinel,
25 Mar. 2025
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Narrating the sequence, the director James Hawes said that there were few locations in the world with pools that sit between two buildings.—
Mekado Murphy,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Set on pristine white sand, the resort is an angular sandcastle of clean lines, coral surfaces, and glittering private pools that mirror the island’s milky blue surrounds.—
Elspeth Velten,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Apr. 2025
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The future king, 11, joined his sister Charlotte in a carriage procession at Trooping the Colour in June 2024 when Republic protesters camped out in the English capital to wave yellow banners calling for the end of the monarchy.—
Kevin Sabet,
Newsweek,
24 Mar. 2025
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Sell-tics The Boston Celtics championship banners hang in the rafters of TD Garden, with the newest addition of the 2024 banner.—
Sara Salinas,
CNBC,
21 Mar. 2025
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One of the most shocking revelations from the series is that a majority of subscribers to YouTube channels and videos featuring kids are actually adult males.—
Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal,
Parents,
9 Apr. 2025
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In 2021, 12 pairs of burrowing owls — 12 males and 12 females — were introduced to the grasslands.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Apr. 2025
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Notable modern-day gentlemen attendees included Joe Burrow, Reggie Bush and reality stars Joey Graziadei, Blake Horstmann, and Jason Tartick.—
Kathleen Newman-Bremang,
refinery29.com,
10 Feb. 2025
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The Weeknd nearly ruins the weekend Ladies and gentlemen, the… weakest link of the night?—
Gerrad Hall,
EW.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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“Jacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jacks. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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