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Recent Examples of yap
Clarissa Schmidt, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
No texting, no soda-sucking, and no chatter, save for a thoughtful yap every now and then.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2020
Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2024
Things were going very smoothly with the couple taking things slow in Cabo, but Stephen was yapping her ear off.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Your new best friend will thank you—in licks, tail wags, and happy yaps, of course.
—Clarissa Schmidt, Vogue, 6 Aug. 2024
No texting, no soda-sucking, and no chatter, save for a thoughtful yap every now and then.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2020
Verb
Ben and Tim go outside, yap some more, and Tim says that he's got his guard up.
—Alexandra Koster, refinery29.com, 19 Mar. 2024
Things were going very smoothly with the couple taking things slow in Cabo, but Stephen was yapping her ear off.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 9 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yap
Noun
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But sarcasm can also derail a conversation and leave a bad taste in people’s mouths.—
Anne Sugar,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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This is a man who once watched one of his fake teeth fly out of his mouth during a team meeting, bent down, picked it up and kept talking.—
Zak Keefer,
The Athletic,
15 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Show creator Taylor Sheridan is ripped, shirtless and yammering about corndogs!—
William Earl,
Variety,
9 Dec. 2024
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Brennan and O'Donnell also kept the debate moving, refusing to let either candidate yammer on.—
Bill Goodykoontz,
The Arizona Republic,
2 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Trump has also discussed taking back the Panama Canal, where China controls two of five ports.—
Brad Dress,
The Hill,
17 Jan. 2025
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The former Michigan governor, Biden and Harris campaign surrogate — and vocal Trump critic — declined to discuss partisan politics in her official capacity as a sitting Cabinet secretary.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
Verb
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There was no debate on education, for instance, the subject on which Cash had been most keen to expatiate; indeed, there were no debates at all.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
25 July 2024
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Ostensibly, further studies are encouraged to expatiate this understanding.—
Amber Smith,
Discover Magazine,
7 Jan. 2024
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“Yap.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yap. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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