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Recent Examples of napkin
Here, wine bottles, napkins, and fruit fit conveniently in this outdoor bars' nooks for easy access.
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2025
Within seconds the staff had swept me to a new table, offering Champagne, napkins, heartfelt apologies.
—Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
For those who thirst for the quintessential hotel bar for late-night meet-ups, the one at Château Royal has your number written on the back of a cocktail napkin.
—Melinda Newman, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
Tobacco lobbyists famously struck a historic deal with state lawmakers on the back of one of its napkins 35 years ago.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
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Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Mar. 2025
Within seconds the staff had swept me to a new table, offering Champagne, napkins, heartfelt apologies.
—Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2025
For those who thirst for the quintessential hotel bar for late-night meet-ups, the one at Château Royal has your number written on the back of a cocktail napkin.
—Melinda Newman, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
Tobacco lobbyists famously struck a historic deal with state lawmakers on the back of one of its napkins 35 years ago.
—Ari Plachta, Sacramento Bee, 17 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for napkin
Noun
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Wrap your hair in a towel or cover it with a shower cap.—
Carley Millhone,
Health,
12 Mar. 2025
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Go simple with these absorbent, oversized towels from Amazon.—
Christopher Murray,
Fox News,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This calming blend of pure essential oils, including sweet orange, lavender, patchouli, peppermint, sweet basil, and chamomile, can be used in a diffuser or on a tissue to create a relaxing, calming effect.—
Health Editorial Team,
Health,
14 Mar. 2025
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The technique is called optical coherence tomography (OCT), which involves creating a 3D image of tissue using light waves.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Use them to aid in pouring wine so that not a drop ends up in the wrong place, or set them beneath decanters like proper serviettes.—
Hannah Selinger,
wsj.com,
29 Sep. 2023
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For this look, take a red washable serviette and fashion it into a long, thin roll.—
Alyssa Gautieri,
Good Housekeeping,
22 Nov. 2022
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“Napkin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/napkin. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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