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Recent Examples of tongue
Your fingerprints, the ridges on your tongue and the patterns on your irises are all unique to you.
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
Anaphylaxis may involve difficulty breathing, swelling of the lips, tongue and throat, a drop in blood pressure, a rapid pulse, dizziness, lightheadedness or a loss of consciousness.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
Cowden syndrome typically starts with small masses on the skin or mucus membranes, often in the mouth and particularly on the tongue.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2025
Gone is the tongue and so too the Three Stripes, mustache and textured toe.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 June 2025
Anaphylaxis may involve difficulty breathing, swelling of the lips, tongue and throat, a drop in blood pressure, a rapid pulse, dizziness, lightheadedness or a loss of consciousness.
—Adeola Adeosun, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 June 2025
Cowden syndrome typically starts with small masses on the skin or mucus membranes, often in the mouth and particularly on the tongue.
—Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 12 June 2025
Gone is the tongue and so too the Three Stripes, mustache and textured toe.
—Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 9 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue
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Because perhaps heartbreak is not only a curse, but also a language.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
20 June 2025
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Strip out all corporate language, jargon, and unnecessary words.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Jones relies on a dance vocabulary, evolved from Balanchine, for the five women, each of whom is a muse, as well as the male Mortal employed for a final pas de deux.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
25 June 2025
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Each brand employs a strikingly similar aesthetic vocabulary: muted color palettes dominated by whites, blacks, and earth tones; sans-serif typography that suggests clinical precision; and packaging that prioritizes geometric simplicity over ornamental flourish.—
Adam Hurly,
Robb Report,
24 June 2025
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Some stems from that, and then some stems from being around Pacific Islanders all day and other Samoans and Hawaiians and different dialects and different slang.—
Rebecca Jennings,
Vulture,
11 June 2025
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And last summer, Ferrari executives reportedly received WhatsApp voice messages mimicking their CEO’s voice, down to the regional dialect.—
Anisha Sircar,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Once the cast gained confidence — whether in the idiom, or in improv itself — the next challenge was, ironically, holding back.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
9 June 2025
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This eight-week class, with lessons on English grammar, pronunciation and idioms, is for adult (18 years and older) intermediate and advanced English learners who can have a conversation in English but want to improve their pronunciation and comprehension.—
Jake Richardson,
Mercury News,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Tongue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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