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Recent Examples of prong
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
The military prong of a countervailing strategy should emphasize existing U.S. advantages in alliance partnerships, missile defense, and undersea warfare.
—Kyle Balzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2024
Nina Bahadur, SELF, 15 Sep. 2018
Google, which has been under fire for being one of the biggest enablers of fake news, is now fighting back with a new multi-pronged, $300 million plan to elevate quality journalism.
—Alyssa Newcomb /, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2018
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Noun
The 2022 lawsuit against Wood was another prong in that attack.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 26 Nov. 2024
The military prong of a countervailing strategy should emphasize existing U.S. advantages in alliance partnerships, missile defense, and undersea warfare.
—Kyle Balzer, Foreign Affairs, 21 Nov. 2024
Verb
There’s no definitive diagnostic test for schizophrenia, so doctors will typically take a multi-pronged approach.
—Nina Bahadur, SELF, 15 Sep. 2018
Google, which has been under fire for being one of the biggest enablers of fake news, is now fighting back with a new multi-pronged, $300 million plan to elevate quality journalism.
—Alyssa Newcomb /, NBC News, 20 Mar. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prong
Noun
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Use a bow rake, with forged metal tines, to grade and smooth the terrain.—
Joshua Siskin,
Orange County Register,
15 Feb. 2025
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If the rake tines or hoe or shovel blade are up and then stepped upon, there is a potential danger of injury.—
The San Diego Union Tribune,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
Verb
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This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
15 Sep. 2023
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Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.—
Mallory Creveling,
Health,
3 Sep. 2023
Verb
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There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.—
Paula Schleis,
cincinnati.com,
2 May 2020
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And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.—
Erik Heinrich,
BostonGlobe.com,
16 May 2018
Verb
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For paving, Liu used bricks perforated with holes and filled with soil, allowing grass to sprout through the middle.—
Oscar Holland,
CNN,
4 Mar. 2025
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The triangular perforated wall with its clever use of perspective serves as a seamless connection between the store’s interior and exterior by integrating the outdoor landscape with the in-store display.—
WWD,
WWD,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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That was especially ripe to be pricked at a moment that is seeing the swearing-in of a new administration that has not exactly placed the protection of women’s rights or LGBTQ+ freedoms at the forefront of its agenda.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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For now at least, these people are stuck with pricking their fingers multiple times a day to get glucose measurements from their blood.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
29 Nov. 2018
Verb
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Led by the enigmatic Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) and accompanied by the shadowy operative Alejandro (Benicio del Toro), Kate is thrust into a brutal and morally murky world where the lines between justice and lawlessness blur.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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The pair is eventually thrust into the crosshairs of the Marshalls' war on the creepers, a conflict that gives way to what is perhaps Bong's most hopeful film ending to date.—
Megan McCluskey,
TIME,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.—
CNN,
CNN,
2 Nov. 2022
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Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.—
Lily Katzman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2020
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“Prong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prong. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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