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as in backbone
the strength of mind that enables a person to endure pain or hardship
a person of lesser fiber would not have spoken out against such an injustice
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Recent Examples of fiber
Maybe a little extra fiber to keep you regular or a little folic acid during pregnancy, as is often recommended.
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Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
These bars fill you up with 15 grams of complete protein along with five grams of fiber to keep your stomach from grumbling between meals.
—Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2025
Inspired by natural thermoregulation systems, the latter uses a proprietary process to augment fiber shape and structure for prolonged cooling performance.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 6 Mar. 2025
Adding fruit on the side or mixing it into your cereal boosts fiber content even more.
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—Johna Burdeos, Health, 26 Feb. 2025
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Dylan Scott, Vox, 7 Mar. 2025
These bars fill you up with 15 grams of complete protein along with five grams of fiber to keep your stomach from grumbling between meals.
—Jenny McCoy, Glamour, 7 Mar. 2025
Inspired by natural thermoregulation systems, the latter uses a proprietary process to augment fiber shape and structure for prolonged cooling performance.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 6 Mar. 2025
Adding fruit on the side or mixing it into your cereal boosts fiber content even more.
4.
—Johna Burdeos, Health, 26 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fiber
Noun
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Nvidia, the leader in the AI chip space, has been the backbone of the Mag 7′s performance over the past couple of years, with its stock surging nearly 1,800% over five years due to the AI boom.—
Jeff Kilburg,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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Restoring power proved to be more problematic in the country's north, where a fault in a backbone transmission line first triggered the outage that set off a chain reaction of power plant and transmission line shutdowns across the South American nation.—
NAYARA BATSCHKE AND MATIAS BASUALDO THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Filigree is just you, bending some small piece of wire.—
Sandra Jordan,
New York Times,
26 Feb. 2025
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Dakota Kai Dakota Kai hit a dive to the outside before Raw went to break, but poor Dakota tripped on a camera wire.—
Alfred Konuwa,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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Final Thoughts In 2025, businesses that thrive will be those that have the courage to define a niche and serve it relentlessly.—
Sneha Lundia,
Forbes,
10 Mar. 2025
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Lilian, with a phobia of reptiles, nevertheless gathered the courage for her children’s sake, running a finger along the back of the boa constrictor.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
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The revelations — made clear in interviews, legal conferences and a private email thread among task force members and other experts in condominium law — undercut state leaders’ arguments against revisiting the law as the Legislature convenes Tuesday for its annual legislative session.—
Alexandra Glorioso,
Miami Herald,
1 Mar. 2025
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How To Play 'Connections' The idea of the game is to find common threads in a set of 16 words.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
27 Feb. 2025
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If anything, the Rainbow tracks illustrate the youthful grit with which Yes combined their virtuoso tendencies onstage with a certain in-your-face raggedness.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
6 Mar. 2025
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Perhaps no other artist has better succeeded at capturing Rio’s exuberant blend of maximalism and grit.—
Grace Edquist,
Vogue,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The style icon — on- and off-screen — paired the black and green dress with a simple silver chain and hoops, and added a touch of warmth with her red hair and complementary glam.—
Bailey Richards,
People.com,
9 Mar. 2025
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Jumping on to a motorbike and roaring down the road with the wind in your hair is great feeling, brain damage not so fun.—
David G.W. Birch,
Forbes,
8 Mar. 2025
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Theory one: After producing nine Bond films over 30 years, starting with GoldenEye in 1995, Broccoli no longer has the stomach or stamina for another years-long Bond production marathon.—
Benjamin Svetkey and Julian Sancton,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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The key tenets of the framework are honed through activities that test endurance and stamina throughout the five-week flagship experience, which can include tasks like making direct sales on the streets of San Francisco.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA TODAY,
13 Feb. 2025
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Imagine the filament as a line of Broadway dancers, with one eventually moving away.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
20 Feb. 2025
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The exhibition also highlights gold substitutes used in the past, such as sea silk made from the filaments secreted by the Pinna nobilis, a type of large saltwater clam; golden spider silk from Madagascar, and yellow cocoons produced by a type of silkworm in Cambodia.—
Joelle Diderich,
WWD,
12 Feb. 2025
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“Fiber.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fiber. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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