skive

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for skive
Verb
  • Courtney's husband surprises their daughter after shaving his beard off.
    Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 July 2025
  • On those three days, just over a millisecond is expected to be shaved off the standard 24-hour day.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 July 2025
Verb
  • An azalea hedge is where a gardener’s preferred style comes into play: should it be sheared or unsheared?
    Luke Miller, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 July 2025
  • The white shark sheared the striped bass in half, and then quickly took off.
    Rick Sobey, Boston Herald, 3 June 2025
Verb
  • Though his average has slumped to .219 this season, and he’s hit only four homers in 41 games, Doyle has whittled his strikeout percentage to 23.5.
    Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
  • This left Roosevelt struggling to whittle the distance between the two sides, reducing the Japanese demands for money and the Russian designs on all of Sakhalin.
    Timothy Naftali, Foreign Affairs, 2 May 2025
Verb
  • The pizza capital of America remains firmly planted in New York City—but Los Angeles is nipping at the Big Apple’s heels.
    Jeremy Repanich, Robb Report, 2 July 2025
  • The final round of the 2025 Travelers Championship takes place on Sunday with three golfers battling it out, and the rest of the field nipping at their heels, setting up for what should be a thrilling final round of play.
    Ben Verbrugge, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
Verb
  • Some players get docked for having a super-skilled linemate or winger (especially in the Norris and Hart conversations).
    The Athletic NHL Staff, New York Times, 12 July 2025
  • The 135-foot Sea Lady II charter engulfed in flames while docked in the port of Saint-Tropez on July 10.
    Colson Thayer, People.com, 11 July 2025
Verb
  • Nvidia then pared its gains but finished the day up by 1.8%, putting the company’s market value at just below $4 trillion.
    Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 9 July 2025
  • Other agents had dismissed Weinberg as a habitual liar looking to pare down his prison sentence, but Fuller saw potential.
    Longreads, Longreads, 8 July 2025
Verb
  • Cavalieri snipped rubber from a fresh set of tires, the RC-equivalent of adjusting tire pressure on a race car.
    William Liang, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2025
  • Niece does not snip her threads, does not press her seams flat, and probably does no altering after the garment is made, all of which are necessary to ensure a good fit and a clean look ...
    Ashley Vega, People.com, 7 July 2025
Verb
  • An eastbound tractor-trailer then clipped the blade, Allman said.
    Natalie Neysa Alund, USA Today, 2 July 2025
  • Well the bracket that is attached to the doorframe had the screws clipped short and then pushed back into the frame.
    Darlin Tillery, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
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“Skive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skive. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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