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Recent Examples of fin
The draft Voight plan also includes a bid to restore the financial interest and syndication rules, or fin-syn rules, which were abolished by the Federal Communications Commission 30 years ago.
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 May 2025
Their ritual is absolute: put on fins, adjust vests and hoses, clean visors, and load oxygen tanks and weights.
—Geraldine Castro, Wired News, 5 May 2025
The new species was identified by its DNA, skeleton, fin shape and other subtle physical features, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
The big picture: The Fiery Furnace is a dramatic, labyrinthine cluster of rock fins and hoodoos — a fragile landscape that was degrading from overuse before permits were implemented in the 1990s.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
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Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 May 2025
Their ritual is absolute: put on fins, adjust vests and hoses, clean visors, and load oxygen tanks and weights.
—Geraldine Castro, Wired News, 5 May 2025
The new species was identified by its DNA, skeleton, fin shape and other subtle physical features, the study said.
—Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 24 Apr. 2025
The big picture: The Fiery Furnace is a dramatic, labyrinthine cluster of rock fins and hoodoos — a fragile landscape that was degrading from overuse before permits were implemented in the 1990s.
—Erin Alberty, Axios, 24 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fin
Noun
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No one was exactly eager to hop back into the weight room, meeting room and practice field when the offseason program began that April.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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No one is bigger than anyone else in the dressing room.—
Jordan McPherson,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
Noun
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Just in time for Memorial Day weekend, tens of thousands of large bugs have descended on Great Smoky Mountains National Park along the North Carolina-Tennessee border, according to the National Park Service.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
25 May 2025
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His family thinks police didn’t do enough to help him From London to Sydney and Los Angeles to Philadelphia, tens of thousands of people marched in cities and small towns.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Sometimes there are individual wins, sometimes a group wins, occasionally there are top twos.—
Barry Levitt,
Vulture,
12 May 2025
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People came in twos and threes to the intersection, all asking what had happened in English and Spanish.—
Caroline Kubzansky,
Chicago Tribune,
6 May 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
Noun
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Grid operators must also pay the renewable energy provider a downward dispatch fee that can cost thousands of dollars per megawatt per hour.—
Renny Vandewege,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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But government economists have for years calculated that such standards save Americans hundreds of dollars a year in lower water and power bills.—
Coral Davenport,
New York Times,
30 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
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Do yourself a favor and grab the eight-ounce jar for the most bang for your buck.—
Denise Primbet,
Glamour,
28 May 2025
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New trends suggest there is a way to get a more unique, upscale bang for your buck: yacht travel.—
Eileen Falkenberg-Hull,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 May 2025
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“Fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fin. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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