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Hickory hound Bourbon brood Noisy neighbors Bluegrass babies Answer: Billions of the winged insects are set to emerge starting this month for a frenzied and famously noisy weekslong mating ritual.—Jeremy Mikula, NBC news, 24 May 2025 Norman Reedus and Léa Seydoux return, albeit with gray-blue skin in some scenes; a creepy talking puppet called Dollman debuts; George Miller hangs out with a winged cat.—Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 23 May 2025 While the actress completed her outfit with a natural makeup look, Kai added dramatic winged eyeliner and smoky eyeshadow.—Kayla Grant, People.com, 23 May 2025 Today, SpaceX routinely reuses capsules and rockets that look much more like conventional space vehicles than the winged designs of yesteryear.—ArsTechnica, 23 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for winged
Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
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The first known use of winged was
in the 14th century
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