as in factions
a group of people acting together within a larger group
the conservative wing of the party
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as in flies
to move through the air with or as if with outstretched wings
watched the flocks of birds as they winged southward for the winter
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Recent Examples of wings
Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Those starting errors — the proverbial flaps of a butterfly’s wings, a metaphor that emerged from Lorenz’s work — grow over time, as will the difference between prediction and reality.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The current Drag Reduction System (DRS) will be replaced with active aerodynamics at the front and rear wings.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
These behaviors included; lifting one leg, spinning around on a perch, and flapping their wings on command (Figure 1B).
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
More interestingly, the staff begins to spread its wings when granted opportunities to report.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Don’t miss the award-winning chicken wings.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
At the Laredo detention center, the men and women were held in separate wings.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
He has been charged by boss Martha (Sandra Oh) with overseeing the lowly texting and driving department, but more ambitiously aims to earn his senior wings by using Arj as his prime target, trying to convince him that money can’t buy happiness.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
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Adama nodded in a wordless acknowledgment of the wings’ significance.
—Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
Those starting errors — the proverbial flaps of a butterfly’s wings, a metaphor that emerged from Lorenz’s work — grow over time, as will the difference between prediction and reality.
—Joseph Howlett, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
The current Drag Reduction System (DRS) will be replaced with active aerodynamics at the front and rear wings.
—Saajan Jogia, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
These behaviors included; lifting one leg, spinning around on a perch, and flapping their wings on command (Figure 1B).
—Grrlscientist, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
More interestingly, the staff begins to spread its wings when granted opportunities to report.
—Michael M. Rosen, The Washington Examiner, 12 Sep. 2025
Don’t miss the award-winning chicken wings.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
At the Laredo detention center, the men and women were held in separate wings.
—Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
He has been charged by boss Martha (Sandra Oh) with overseeing the lowly texting and driving department, but more ambitiously aims to earn his senior wings by using Arj as his prime target, trying to convince him that money can’t buy happiness.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wings
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Arafat led the Fatah movement and was the head of the Palestine Liberation Organization, a sometimes unwieldy umbrella group of various Palestinian factions, ranging from outright Marxist to avowedly Islamist and everything in between.—
Sean Durns,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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The government's initial response, which blamed opposition factions rather than acknowledging excessive force, further inflamed tensions.—
Sonal Nain,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The current mission is known as NG-23, because it was supposed to be the 23rd cargo effort that Northrop Grumman flies to the ISS for NASA.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Frozen yogurt business pays tribute to Charlie Kirk as product flies 'off the shelves'.—
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FOXNews.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Both sides have also carried out arbitrary detentions, with SAF interrogating and beating dozens of Christians in 2024 and 2025.—
Paul Tilsley,
FOXNews.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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When both sides are trying to produce something that creates value for the audience, the end result will go a long way in building your personal brand.—
John Hall,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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How do members of political parties feel about political violence?—
Carlie Procell,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Contemporaneous evidence that the parties intended a loan and treated it as such is persuasive in court and practical with IRS auditors.—
Virginia La Torre Jeker,
Forbes.com,
13 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Support for universal background checks usually hovers around 90 percent in public opinion polls.—
John J. Donohue,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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Officially, the prison can hold just over a thousand inmates, though its population often hovers well below that.—
Walter Pavlo,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The big focus from the new rules are on things related to teams of super heroes.—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Lloyd is 100 percent correct that throwing him into his first start against any of those teams could end up being a massive mistake and could set him up for failure.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The plushy Outlast Forever Velvet Pigment continues the tradition but with a comfortable, flexible formula that glides on smooth and dries down matte without drying out your lips.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Particularly when set to the Maybach-only suspension/powertrain calibration, the car just glides even over the horrible roads of Southern California.—
Mark Ewing,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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By the late 19th century, white Southerners had regained control of state governments from the biracial coalitions that emerged following the ratification of the 15th Amendment.—
Time,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
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Health systems are forming coalitions to lobby for the issues that matter to them, and existing collaborations are getting stronger.—
Alexis Kayser,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Wings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wings. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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