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as in minute
a very small space of time
I turned to look away, and in a wink he was gone
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as in to gleam
to shoot forth bursts of light
fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire
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as in to ignore
to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful
the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl
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Recent Examples of wink
Sam Corbin, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Wilt Chamberlain didn’t catch a wink of sleep in Syracuse the night before his hundred-point game.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
Hancock's feature directorial debut is a hell of an invigorating revenge fantasy, made all the more satisfying by its own winking self-awareness.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
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Noun
There’s a wink implied in [Call it an early night?], as indicated by the question mark at the end of the clue.
—Sam Corbin, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
Wilt Chamberlain didn’t catch a wink of sleep in Syracuse the night before his hundred-point game.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
Verb
Miles winks and says that on his birth certificate he’s listed one minute ahead of his Oscar-winning sibling.
—Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 3 Mar. 2025
Hancock's feature directorial debut is a hell of an invigorating revenge fantasy, made all the more satisfying by its own winking self-awareness.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wink
Noun
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There was the usual banter, gathering together to watch Champions League matches, some afternoon naps and sessions of the card game Wolf, where players assume secret roles similar to the television hit ‘Traitors’.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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But most working parents agree: Their best work nearly always gets done early in the morning while their children are sleeping, or during nap times.—
Madeline Mitchell,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The participants then chewed each type of gum for four minutes—and some for an extra 20 minutes—while researchers collected saliva samples at various points.—
Julia Ries,
Health,
1 Apr. 2025
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The scientists observed the sharktopus — the unofficial nickname for the peculiar duo — for 10 minutes.—
Melissa Cristina Márquez,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Perhaps the future of data was not a data center, with its humming servers and blinking lights, but a wet lab with beakers and an emergency shower.—
Matthew Hutson,
The New Yorker,
20 Mar. 2025
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Trials were excluded if the baby wasn’t focused on the screen and moved or blinked excessively.—
Julianna Bragg,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
Verb
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The first ones float in from a variety of keyboard/synthesizers, twinkling like stars into a G minor chord that grows ever more evident, until the mighty Minimoog takes centerstage.—
Jim Harrington,
The Mercury News,
20 Mar. 2025
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Amid the twinkling grandeur of the cosmos, two hapless astronauts are fumbling crucial tasks: docking into a space station; adjusting the angle of satellite dishes; keeping their plants alive.—
Lewis Gordon,
Vulture,
19 Mar. 2025
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The fragrance’s golden bottle gleamed at the center of the activation.—
Evan Burke,
Billboard,
19 Mar. 2025
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Read expert advice to keep your furniture gleaming.—
Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott,
Southern Living,
16 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Many such studies ignore, rather than seriously examine, biological realities.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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While Trump might be tempted therefore to simply ignore those critics, the Yemen crisis is a golden opportunity for his administration to advance and strengthen an important ...—
Julian Ku,
National Review,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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According to the Mayo Clinic, arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat that happens when the heart's electrical signals don’t work properly.—
Gabrielle Rockson,
People.com,
21 Mar. 2025
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Empathy is the heartbeat of every meaningful relationship.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
Verb
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To understand the depth of their bond, the book flashes forward to Harlem in 2019 where a 30-something doctor named Oliver gives his fiancée a letter Tirzah wrote to Harrison in 1857, forever changing how the modern-day couple sees their own love story.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
1 Apr. 2025
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That’s what is happening at this very moment, so that’s what flashed before me during The Traitors.—
Michael Cuby,
Them.,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Wink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wink. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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