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Recent Examples of tippy
There’s a bunch of weirdos in a building wearing tutus and standing on their tippy toes.
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Zoe G. Phillips, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2025
Or, close your eyes, reach your arms overhead and lift up on the tippy toes of both feet.
—Katy Bowman, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
Suzanne Couples, Fred’s wife, rose to her tippy toes to look over the gallery.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
This brand-new suite spans three floors at the tippy top of the Mata Atlantica Tower, with unbeatable floor-to-ceiling views over the sprawling Brazilian metropolis.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025
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Zoe G. Phillips, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2025
Or, close your eyes, reach your arms overhead and lift up on the tippy toes of both feet.
—Katy Bowman, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
Suzanne Couples, Fred’s wife, rose to her tippy toes to look over the gallery.
—Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
This brand-new suite spans three floors at the tippy top of the Mata Atlantica Tower, with unbeatable floor-to-ceiling views over the sprawling Brazilian metropolis.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tippy
Adjective
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Whether Allen was in the process of turning and running away or stumbling in a chaotic scene in a wobbly subway car was unclear.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 Jan. 2026
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California’s declines can be more properties for sale, nudging sellers to compete on price, and a wobbly economy scaring off some potential buyers.—
Jonathan Lansner,
Oc Register,
20 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Social media users, meanwhile, could not get enough of the two getting tipsy on-air and giggling through the night.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
2 Jan. 2026
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Read on to learn why experts say drinking on a plane can spark symptoms beyond feeling tipsy, and make the comedown that much worse.—
Korin Miller,
SELF,
30 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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Plainly not a good look and a rocky means of starting the therapy process.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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His first season was rocky, with the steep learning curve of moving from the NCAA to the NHL being exacerbated by a readily apparent lack of confidence.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
21 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The hiring efforts come despite a shaky economy.—
Amy Wenk,
AJC.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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The creep-fest about filmmakers venturing into a Maryland forest to document a local legend freaked out a generation of horror fans with its shaky-cam antics and constant sense of dread.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
22 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Tree silhouettes turn Seussian as their branches and canopies disappear into wonky green blobs.—
Sophie Hartley,
IndyStar,
10 Dec. 2025
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Jittery drum programming and shrouding reverb screams Minneapolis in the ‘80s, but the wonky thump and the multiplicity of vocal tracks are just as suggestive of D’Angelo or the raw pain of a Frank Ocean.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
2 Dec. 2025
Adjective
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This leads to a de facto seizure without outright invasion, placing Denmark in a precarious position and jeopardizing the NATO alliance.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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The fact that there is no longer a single budget bill, and that money is appropriated 365 days a year, has removed all seriousness in dealing with California’s precarious financial position.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
18 Jan. 2026
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“Tippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tippy. Accessed 29 Jan. 2026.
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