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Recent Examples of nib
The ginger snap is delightfully reminiscent of a gingerbread cookie with the addition of blackstrap molasses, ginger, and clove, while the coco-coconut is rich and nutty with shredded coconut and cacao nibs.
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Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 2 Aug. 2024
The nib occupies a cosy space between firm and malleable, which makes light work of achieving a knife-edge flick.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2024
The Best of Beauty Award winner is practically a toolbox for your arches, including a mini toothbrush for fluffing, a slanted nib for defining, long and short spoolies for taming, and a tiny spatula for at-home lifting and laminating (if that’s your jam).
—Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 11 June 2024
Low lighting protects the turtles, and the menu offers only seasonal choices, including gluten-free breadfruit pancakes that promise to be the next Manhattan superfood craze, with chocolate nib tapenade as a sweet treat.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
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Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 2 Aug. 2024
The nib occupies a cosy space between firm and malleable, which makes light work of achieving a knife-edge flick.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2024
The Best of Beauty Award winner is practically a toolbox for your arches, including a mini toothbrush for fluffing, a slanted nib for defining, long and short spoolies for taming, and a tiny spatula for at-home lifting and laminating (if that’s your jam).
—Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 11 June 2024
Low lighting protects the turtles, and the menu offers only seasonal choices, including gluten-free breadfruit pancakes that promise to be the next Manhattan superfood craze, with chocolate nib tapenade as a sweet treat.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nib
Noun
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Arora’s big bet helped attract us to Palo Alto Networks for the first time, realizing that the executive was quite literally putting his money where his mouth was.—
Kevin Stankiewicz,
CNBC,
18 Feb. 2025
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The team even placed small objects in the unconscious animal's mouths, which tongue pulling dislodged.—
Jonathan Lambert,
NPR,
21 Feb. 2025
Noun
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As the makeup tips flooded in, Hannah was so grateful to everyone offering their help.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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Editor’s note: The Associated Press contributed to this report. Have a news tip?—
Jessica Botelho,
Baltimore Sun,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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This bike's fairing is less angular, and the cowling doesn't flow as naturally into the rest of the bodywork, but the signature round headlight is there, and thankfully Enfield eschews the beak that seems to have been requisite on adventure bikes for so many years.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Jan. 2025
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With its distinctive brown body, white head and yellow beak, the bird is easily recognizable.—
Jeanine Santucci,
Detroit Free Press,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Reese mocked Clark at the end of that game when her LSU Tigers defeated Clark's Iowa Hawkeyes for the title, pointing to her finger in a taunting fashion to remind her who was getting a ring.—
Jackson Thompson,
Fox News,
14 Feb. 2025
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The big-league pitching staff is not promising — FanGraphs noted the Sox bullpen is the worst the website’s formula has ever measured at this point in the offseason — and outside of Luis Robert, who could be traded any day from now until the end of July, the hitters aren’t very scary.—
Jon Greenberg,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The video had no sound and did not capture a muzzle flash, only figures appearing to scatter around the same time, a police witness acknowledged.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
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Jabbar then shoots from behind an airbag at close range and the flash of the muzzle is visible.—
JACK BROOK THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
11 Jan. 2025
Noun
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At the apex of the Western Conference standings sits the imposing Jets, who have run roughshod over all comers throughout the season and punctured the Canucks convincingly with a 6-1 victory in their only meeting of the year so far.—
Thomas Drance,
The Athletic,
24 Feb. 2025
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At the apex of our rise, wealthy Americans paid effective income tax rates as high as 94%.—
Sabrina Haake,
Chicago Tribune,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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These high-confidence marks were located on four tibiae, one mandible, one humerus, and two long bone fragments.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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With dodging, cricket fled in a circular movement that put the crickets behind the ants to avoid their deadly mandibles.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
16 Jan. 2025
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Defying the law would bring no real legal consequences for the people involved—which is why the Trump administration is already thumbing its nose at court orders.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
14 Feb. 2025
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He’s got some sneaky jam and competitiveness, with more of a willingness to put his nose in dirty areas than some scouts give him credit for in my opinion.—
Scott Wheeler,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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“Nib.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nib. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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