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Recent Examples of tic The frequency and severity of tics also change regularly, and can be in response to factors like stress, anxiety, excitement, fatigue, illness and more. Esther Kang, People.com, 3 Dec. 2024 The structural devices, aesthetic flourishes, and writing tics that Reitman and co-writer Gil Kenan crib — intentionally or otherwise — from Sorkin make the film a fascinating showcase for all of the latter’s screenwriting strengths and weaknesses. Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 8 Oct. 2024 All three brothers have Tourette’s but none of them show any tics during the interview. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 24 Oct. 2024 Naturally, the always Mary Katherine also had to share her signature tic with the VP: Shoving her hands under her armpits and then sniffing her fingers. Christian Holub, EW.com, 18 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for tic 
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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
Noun
  • Aside from this unusual trait, Yellow Red Heart promises to delight with vibrant yellow blossoms with a red throat that start early and continue through to a heavy frost.
    Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 18 Jan. 2025
  • This month’s trait, kindness, will be celebrated in a Kindness Week at the end of January.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • All in all, the benefits of companion plants really boil down to the individual growing characteristics of the plants incorporated, how each of those plants interacts with their growing environment, and how other plants can utilize those characteristics and interactions.
    Anthony Reardon, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2025
  • This is definitely the characteristic of Desolas, as there is barely the faintest whiff of smoke.
    Richard Carleton Hacker, Robb Report, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Common features in children who claim to have led a previous life include a verbal precocity and mannerisms at odds with that of the rest of the family.
    Saskia Solomon, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
  • Brody was 7 years old when his grandfather died, but the memories of his speech and mannerisms left their mark.
    E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The ratings service’s December Gauge rankings — which, due to a quirk of how Nielsen collects its data, also includes the last week of November — show streaming services commanding an all-time high of 43.3 percent of all TV viewing in the United States.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Due to calendar quirks, the two significant US days will not coincide again for another 28 years.
    Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Like all of us, managers have their idiosyncrasies.
    Gus Gaynor, IEEE Spectrum, 12 Jan. 2025
  • Soon enough, players will be plenty comfortable with the TGL course’s idiosyncrasies.
    Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 3 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Earth's orbital eccentricity is 0.017; Mars' is 0.055, and Mercury's is 0.206.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Indeed, for all his film’s eccentricities — Blue Velvet’s freaky Frank Booth huffing, well, whatever that stuff is, Lost Highway’s spine-chilling Mystery Man, or Wild at Heart’s Sailor kung fu-kicking in a snakeskin jacket — Lynch wasn’t trying to be controversial.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Instead, several scenes are given over to her wacky habit of posting too much info on Facebook.
    Alissa Simon, Variety, 26 Jan. 2025
  • Research has shown that a person's dietary habits are closely linked to the composition of their gut microbiome.
    Cristina Mutchler, Health, 24 Jan. 2025

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“Tic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tic. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.

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