Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skive
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Derrin claims Farley would also shave and put his body hair on people and their food.—
David Matthews,
New York Daily News,
26 Mar. 2025 -
Revisited epic, and its power is undiminished even though Dylan shaved off some of the latter verses.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
26 Mar. 2025
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Sheep are shearing the land under solar panels to benefit two industries As solar power’s land needs grow, more ranchers are turning to agrivoltaics.—
Troy Aidan Sambajon,
The Christian Science Monitor,
17 Mar. 2025
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Megalodon likely fed with immense force, using its powerful jaws to shear through its prey’s thick bones and flesh.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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An 8-2 run punctuated by a floater from Matthew Webber in the lane has whittled the Colorado Academy lead down to 35-30 with three minutes left in the third quarter.—
Patrick Saunders,
The Denver Post,
14 Mar. 2025
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Agencies can whittle personnel through layoffs, attrition, removal of underperforming employees, or renegotiation of collective bargaining agreements.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
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But Arlington intercepted a pass and junior wing Drew Beck nipped one right over the blocker of Farese.—
Erik Anderson,
Boston Herald,
6 Mar. 2025
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Closing out the 2017 Oscars, Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty presented the Best Picture category, with La La Land as the frontrunner and Moonlight nipping at its heels.—
EW Staff,
EW.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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The images also captured a roll-on/roll-off (RO-RO) ferry docked beside the third and largest barge, positioned farthest from shore.—
Yong Xiong,
CNN,
25 Mar. 2025
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The cocktails span the globe, reflecting places those ships may have docked in around the world.—
Laurie Werner,
Forbes,
22 Mar. 2025
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Kraft, who launched his campaign in early February, has thus far rolled out a plan that would pare back affordability requirements, saying that the mayor’s policies have exacerbated housing affordability.—
Gayla Cawley,
Boston Herald,
28 Mar. 2025
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Together with previous buyouts and early retirements spurred by Trump administration policies, the move will pare the health department down to about 62,000 employees, the agency said.—
Sheryl Gay Stolberg,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
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Three minutes later, Rock climbed the ladder and snipped the last strand of the net, just as Pitino had wanted.—
Tim Casey,
Forbes,
16 Mar. 2025
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Pruning was inspired by a real-life neural network, the human brain, which gains efficiency by snipping connections between synapses as a person ages.—
Stephen Ornes,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Mar. 2025
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The danger was obvious at Villa Park, but Justin did a better job of heading the danger away against Wolverhampton Wanderers at King Power Stadium just before Christmas… … until Wolves gathered up the second ball and Nelson Semedo clipped another high ball back into the box.—
Rob Tanner,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Also new for the season are leather goods, which range from sunglass carriers to pencil cases, all with the same D-shaped ring that allows them to be clipped onto a lanyard — for the sake of practicality as much as safety on the go.—
Lily Templeton,
WWD,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Skive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skive. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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