Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for skive
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Last week, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that tariffs would shave trillions of dollars off the federal budget deficit.—
Jason Ma,
Fortune,
29 Aug. 2025 -
Per a Vogue cover story earlier this month, the actress’ head was shaved in real time during a scene in the movie.—
Jack Smart,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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The tiny leaves are easily sheared and sculpted into any shape.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
26 Aug. 2025
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The military truck towered over the civilian car, its armored plating intact while the SUV's side was sheared in.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Aug. 2025
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Judges will whittle these down to the 100 images that will feature in the museum’s exhibition before announcing the category winners as well as the Grand Title and Young Grand Title awards on October 14.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
26 Aug. 2025
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After ten weeks and 550 matches, the sixteen teams of the Premier League of MLP have been whittled to ten, the six Challenger teams are in Southern California, and the playoff schedules are out.—
Todd Boss,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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David Dahlquist, the acting deputy director of the DOJ's antitrust civil litigation division, argued for a remedy that could nip a potential Google AI monopoly in the bud and that would address all ways users access Google search.—
Jaclyn Diaz,
NPR,
2 Sep. 2025
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The only way to nip this in the bud is to be direct.—
Harriette Cole,
Mercury News,
1 Sep. 2025
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The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which has organized dozens of boats to sail to Gaza carrying humanitarian aid, said that one of its main vessels was targeted in a drone strike just after midnight local time on Tuesday while docked near the Tunisian capital.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Carter will also be docked his Week 1 game check as part of the punishment.—
Kevin Dotson,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Once its largest shareholder with a 40% stake, Lefkofsky stepped down from an active leadership role at Groupon in 2015 and has since pared his holdings to just under 10%.—
Robert Channick,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Dress it up with a pair of tights, a skirt, and some ballet flats, or pare it down with your favorite jeans, a tote bag, and some comfy sneakers.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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To harvest them, use clean scissors to snip the stem just below the flower heads.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
5 Sep. 2025
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Variety can report that a divisive monologue performed by Strong in the film’s official trailer has been snipped from the final product, the result of a creative decision by director Scott Cooper, per one source.—
Matt Donnelly,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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Assembly is best as a two-person job, but pretty much consists of clipping the arms to the seats and plugging in the motors.—
Zoë Sessums,
Architectural Digest,
4 Sep. 2025
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The video quickly clipped to the white sedan engulfed in flames.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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“Skive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skive. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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