sibilant

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Recent Examples of sibilant Spelling Bee Tedious, invidious, devious, conquer, identify, magnify, sibilant, uranium. John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 What’s the rule on forming a singular possessive of a name ending with a sibilant? Daniel Foster, National Review, 19 Sep. 2024 The superb soundtrack deepens that push-pull, in the sibilant whoosh of ocean waves, the gentle percussion of rain against a city window, the incessant murmur of an airport terminal. Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023 The insectivorous choruses actually synchronize their sibilant symphonies in a deafening, but gorgeous, hum. Ross Kenneth Urken, Scientific American, 14 June 2021

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“Sibilant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sibilant. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.

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