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Recent Examples of fin
While global attention has long focused on the shark fin trade, recent studies suggest that the meat trade has quietly overtaken fins in both volume and value.
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Snakeheads are often confused with a native species—the bowfin—but anglers can tell them apart by looking at the anal fin, which is much longer on a snakehead.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
On the bottom, the robot’s main wheels flank the center brush roll, which features both rubber fins and bristles.
—PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Four tiny wings hold a kitchen and three tiny bedrooms, whose windows are shaded by fins of wood.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2025
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Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
Snakeheads are often confused with a native species—the bowfin—but anglers can tell them apart by looking at the anal fin, which is much longer on a snakehead.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Apr. 2025
On the bottom, the robot’s main wheels flank the center brush roll, which features both rubber fins and bristles.
—PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2025
Four tiny wings hold a kitchen and three tiny bedrooms, whose windows are shaded by fins of wood.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 16 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fin
Noun
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No one pays $300 a night to get put up in a hotel. ...—
Kristen Jordan Shamus,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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Since Zito became general manager of the Panthers four seasons ago, no one in any sport has run a better organization.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
19 May 2025
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By cramming together tens of thousands of chickens, corporations have created the perfect conditions to supercharge this recent bird flu outbreak, and which will inevitably do so again.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 May 2025
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Thousands — sometimes tens of thousands — tune in to the cam, which has been in place since 2015.—
Amy Hubbard,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2025
Noun
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That’s because the Heat shot just 16 of 42 (38.1 percent) on two-point shots Saturday after shooting 26 of 36 (72.2 percent) on twos in Game 2.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2025
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Queen, the conference’s Freshman of the Year and first-team selection, drained 2 of 4 3-pointers — doubling his season total — and connected on a few more long twos.—
Edward Lee,
Baltimore Sun,
16 Mar. 2025
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The prevalence of disability rises from less than 20% to nearly 40% between our twenties and our sixties Our fifties are a tipping point.—
Nancy Doyle,
Forbes.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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By her early fifties Gay was twice divorced, child-free and working as a program manager at FedEx in Memphis.—
Lisa Respers France,
CNN,
23 Mar. 2025
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During his first term, former President Barack Obama struck a deal with Congress: if Senate Republicans backed the New START arms control treaty with Russia, Obama would support investing billions of dollars to modernize the country’s nuclear weapons.—
Davis Winkie,
USA Today,
19 May 2025
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This post was originally published on May 17 Bitcoin has been thrust back into the spotlight by extreme price swings this year, with U.S. president Donald Trump’s assault on the global trade order resulting in wild predictions of total U.S. dollar collapse.—
Billy Bambrough,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
Noun
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The Sabres had a 16-10 advantage in scoring chances with him on the ice at five-on-five.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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The team has managed to do that at five-on-five, which has helped compensate for a somewhat underwhelming power play.—
Shayna Goldman,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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In most cases, $10 above the single-Mac price gets you three licenses; another sawbuck raises that to five.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
15 Apr. 2025
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But try that nowadays and the guy will laugh derisively, then pick up your sawbuck between his thumb and index finger, like a piece of filth, and hand it back to you.—
Jack Handey,
The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2024
Noun
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And the notion of having a few bucks saved for emergencies in the short-term is common advice.—
Tim Maurer,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2025
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The promising young bucks It’s taken a while for Amad to break into the first team, but a winning goal in December’s Manchester derby has confirmed him as a fan favourite.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
16 May 2025
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“Fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fin. Accessed 21 May. 2025.
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