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Recent Examples of nib
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).
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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
The company’s signature bitter drinking chocolate, a rich and dense concoction served in an espresso-size cup, is made with freshly ground cacao nibs, lightly sweetened and finished with oat milk.
—Caitie Kelly Gisela Williams Julekha Dash Catherine Hong Devorah Lev-Tov, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
This is cocoa nib ice cream on sugar cookies, dipped in milk or dark chocolate with cocoa nibs sprinkled on top.
—Sarah Murphy, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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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
The company’s signature bitter drinking chocolate, a rich and dense concoction served in an espresso-size cup, is made with freshly ground cacao nibs, lightly sweetened and finished with oat milk.
—Caitie Kelly Gisela Williams Julekha Dash Catherine Hong Devorah Lev-Tov, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2024
This is cocoa nib ice cream on sugar cookies, dipped in milk or dark chocolate with cocoa nibs sprinkled on top.
—Sarah Murphy, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nib
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The bourbon is smooth and sweet with a noticeable viscosity and mouth weight on the palate.Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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People can spread bacteria or virus from their mouth or nose and then shake someone’s hand or touch a surface, leaving a pathogen behind.Eduardo Cuevas, USA TODAY, 16 Dec. 2024
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Part your hair with the bottle tip and apply the product directly to your scalp.Sarah Hoffmann, Allure, 22 Dec. 2024
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Personal trainers have shared their top tips to help maintain movement during the busiest time of the year.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 22 Dec. 2024
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In context, Franklin was critiquing a rather dumpy drawing of an eagle lacking a regal beak by the Society of the Cincinnati, which had adopted the nation’s bird as its symbol.Kendra Nordin Beato, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2024
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Its teeth are fused into a sharp beak, giving it a birdlike appearance.Vox Staff, Vox, 5 Nov. 2024
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At the end of 2012, T-Mobile US was not in a good place.Tharin Pillay, TIME, 22 Dec. 2024
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Samsung’s next Galaxy Unpacked event, and the launch of the Galaxy S25 family, is expected at the end of January 2025.Ewan Spence, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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The significant amount of pollen which accumulates on the wolves’ muzzles — and the fact that some individuals were seen visiting up to 30 different blooms in a single foray — could mean the wolves help pollinate the plant by transporting pollen from flower to flower, according to Sillero.Alex Rodway, CNN, 6 Dec. 2024
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The wolves, feeding on the flowers’ sweet nectar, might act as pollinators because of the remnants of pollen on their muzzles.Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Nov. 2024
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Eighteen years in, the very conceit of Eras — going album by album to draw a towering portrait of Swift’s catalogue in 44 songs — challenged those cultural ideas while fortifying her place at pop’s apex.Jenn Pelly, Vulture, 11 Dec. 2024
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At her career apex, Pitt probably now knows of Nikki Glaser.Anna Peele, Rolling Stone, 10 Dec. 2024
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The team identified the genomic variation by extracting DNA from the Well-man’s mandible, the lower part of the jaw.Hannah Peart, NBC News, 28 Oct. 2024
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There were 451 bones at the site, and some of these included mandibles with molars, which are good at preserving relatively intact DNA.Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 21 Oct. 2024
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Approachable, sweet, and fruity to start the nose, this 12 year whisky begins with the aroma of light caramel with hints of blueberry and blackberry jam right behind.David Thomas Tao, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Public health officials said human infections with H5 can happen when the virus gets in a person’s eyes, nose, mouth or is inhaled from close or prolonged exposure to sick animals or their environments.Austin Corona, The Arizona Republic, 21 Dec. 2024
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“Nib.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nib. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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