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Recent Examples of nib
The ginger snap is delightfully reminiscent of a gingerbread cookie with the addition of blackstrap molasses, ginger, and clove, while the coco-coconut is rich and nutty with shredded coconut and cacao nibs.
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Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 2 Aug. 2024
The nib occupies a cosy space between firm and malleable, which makes light work of achieving a knife-edge flick.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2024
The Best of Beauty Award winner is practically a toolbox for your arches, including a mini toothbrush for fluffing, a slanted nib for defining, long and short spoolies for taming, and a tiny spatula for at-home lifting and laminating (if that’s your jam).
—Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 11 June 2024
Low lighting protects the turtles, and the menu offers only seasonal choices, including gluten-free breadfruit pancakes that promise to be the next Manhattan superfood craze, with chocolate nib tapenade as a sweet treat.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
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Carina Finn, Bon Appétit, 2 Aug. 2024
The nib occupies a cosy space between firm and malleable, which makes light work of achieving a knife-edge flick.
—Venus Wong, refinery29.com, 17 Apr. 2024
The Best of Beauty Award winner is practically a toolbox for your arches, including a mini toothbrush for fluffing, a slanted nib for defining, long and short spoolies for taming, and a tiny spatula for at-home lifting and laminating (if that’s your jam).
—Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 11 June 2024
Low lighting protects the turtles, and the menu offers only seasonal choices, including gluten-free breadfruit pancakes that promise to be the next Manhattan superfood craze, with chocolate nib tapenade as a sweet treat.
—Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Mar. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nib
Noun
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Yet, he wasn’t born with a silver spoon in his mouth.—
Court Stroud,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
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Viewers were able to see the dog making his way up the flight of stairs with blankets in his mouth, seemingly preparing for a cozy morning.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
4 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The online delivery platform, headquartered in San Francisco, used the wage model between May 2017 and September 2019 to pocket drivers' tips, according to court papers filed in the case.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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Here are tips from the utility: Remove aerators and screens from all faucets.—
Karen Garcia,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Named for their dolphin-esque beaks, beaked whales are considered rare.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
13 Feb. 2025
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This bike's fairing is less angular, and the cowling doesn't flow as naturally into the rest of the bodywork, but the signature round headlight is there, and thankfully Enfield eschews the beak that seems to have been requisite on adventure bikes for so many years.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
13 Jan. 2025
Noun
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The planet parade that began in January will then come to an end by mid-to-late February, as Saturn sinks increasingly lower in the sky each night after sunset, according to NASA.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA TODAY,
26 Feb. 2025
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At this rate, Russia will be out of cash by the end of the year if not sooner.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian,
TIME,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That footage, it’s alleged, showed a laser pointing into the victim’s vehicle before several muzzle flashes.—
Sam Charles,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb. 2025
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The video had no sound and did not capture a muzzle flash, only figures appearing to scatter around the same time, a police witness acknowledged.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
21 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Ancient apex carnivores Hyaenodonta fossils have been found across North America, Europe, Asia and Africa.—
Taylor Nicioli,
CNN,
17 Feb. 2025
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The film’s comedic apex arguably arrives when Coppola tosses in a quick shot of the villainous Clodio Pulcher (Shia LaBeouf) power walking across marble floors, three henchmen in tow.—
Vulture Staff,
Vulture,
26 Dec. 2024
Noun
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In an early scene, he is set upon by a shrieking, skittering swarm of creepers—imagine giant, whitish pill bugs with huge mandibles—and expects to be devoured (and resurrected) within seconds.—
Justin Chang,
The New Yorker,
28 Feb. 2025
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These high-confidence marks were located on four tibiae, one mandible, one humerus, and two long bone fragments.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, nose bleeds and fatigue.—
Jordan King,
Newsweek,
26 Feb. 2025
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Measles symptoms typically appear one to two weeks after exposure, and include fever, cough, runny nose, and rash, as well as red, watery eyes.—
Ivana Saric,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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“Nib.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nib. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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