shines 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of shine

shines

2 of 2

noun

plural of shine

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shines
Noun
  • Magness recommended a trick backed by psychology: Use second- and third-person pronouns when talking to yourself, instead of first-person pronouns.
    Ashton Jackson, CNBC, 17 Jan. 2025
  • When working with one or a few rats, snacks like nuts, seeds, and fruit often do the trick.
    Laura Bradley, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Instead, progress begins locally and radiates outward.
    Claire Foley, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2025
  • As the calendar turns its page from 2024 to 2025, the astronomical energy that radiates the cosmos will have a different effect on each of our lives.
    Skyler Caruso, People.com, 29 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Editor’s picks Looked at in the context of Lynch’s larger career — among the most remarkable in film history, but also among the most idiosyncratic — such wide-sweeping popularity almost feels like a practical joke by the universe on David Lynch, or perhaps vice versa.
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Some guessed that excessive Taser incidents could be officers fiddling with the weapons out of boredom or sparking them as a practical joke.
    Nate Rosenfield, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The formula locks in moisture, restores the skin barrier, and smoothes wrinkles.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Removing peach fuzz further smooths the appearance of your facial skin and can help makeup apply more easily and evenly without caking to hair.
    Carley Millhone, Health, 27 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • What could have been a disposable 2000s caper has been reborn as a 2020s TV miniseries, for better and for worse.
    Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Visitors have the opportunity to spot a variety of diverse wildlife on the sandstone and limestone cliffs, from scampering foxes to nesting birds to fig trees, caper bushes, and acanthus — this iconic plant's jagged leaves can often be found carved atop Greece’s ubiquitous Corinthian columns.
    Regan Stephens, Travel + Leisure, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • As Shadow the Hedgehog, malice; as Neo and John Wick, dread; as Johnny Utah, woe; as Ted Logan, frolic — and now, as an anthropomorphic representation of Lumon, Keanu Reeves veers into the buoyantly propagandistic.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 18 Jan. 2025
  • There’s no shortage of fun things to do outside in Chicago during the chilly months, however there’s one activity that will prove to be super exciting for a date night, family adventure, or a friends’ frolic in the city.
    Wendy Altschuler, Forbes, 5 Dec. 2024
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