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as in minute
a very small space of time
I turned to look away, and in a wink he was gone
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as in to gleam
to shoot forth bursts of light
fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire
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as in to ignore
to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful
the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl
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Recent Examples of wink
Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Beyond the entrance, flashes of pink wink beneath the trees.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025
Sandra Salibian, WWD, 24 Mar. 2025
Players can now hire agents and get paid for their NIL—wink, wink—and, come next academic year, many Division I college basketball players are expected to receive revenue-sharing payments directly from their schools.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The fabric, seemingly a wink to her stage name, was cinched into a mermaid silhouette and given extra dazzle by a sequined sheen.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 3 Mar. 2025
Beyond the entrance, flashes of pink wink beneath the trees.
—Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 20 Mar. 2025
Verb
The space is filled with subtle details linking to the brand’s history, such as a bicolor marble flooring that winks to Divas’ shape, which transitions into another puzzle-like geometric pattern inspired by a Bulgari necklace from the ‘70s unearthed in the brand’s archive.
—Sandra Salibian, WWD, 24 Mar. 2025
Players can now hire agents and get paid for their NIL—wink, wink—and, come next academic year, many Division I college basketball players are expected to receive revenue-sharing payments directly from their schools.
—Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 13 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wink
Noun
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Acosta, a supervisor for the Herald's makeup department, had worked at the newspaper for 25 years and routinely parked her van at the Watson Island park to eat lunch, read books or take a nap before returning to her job, court documents show.—
John W. Dean,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Apr. 2025
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My husband basically takes a walk in the morning and then comes home and naps for hours.—
Eric Thomas,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Apr. 2025
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What’s the statistic there, the average ER physician has to see a patient every three to four minutes?—
Adam B. Vary,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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The defense's case to spare Mahdi's life before a judge lasted only about 30 minutes.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Tanzi didn’t blink when he was sentenced to death by former Monroe Circuit Court Judge Richard Payne.—
Grethel Aguila,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2025
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But while virtually all those moves were seen as steps up for the coaches taking new jobs — nobody blinked when, say, Dusty May went from Florida Atlantic to Michigan or Nate Oats left Buffalo for Alabama — this year seems different.—
Eddie Pells,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Apr. 2025
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Turn your porch into a calming oasis with twinkling fairy lights, or upgrade your front yard with in-ground pathway lighting or solar sconces.—
Emily Weaver,
People.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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The wall is programmable and lights up with twinkling star effects, colors and strobes.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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The historic fantasy of the Great White Way as a glamorous montage of gleaming marquees, sparky backstage romances, and elegant audiences reveling in black tie was a Hollywood concoction, arguably false from the start.—
Frank Rich,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2025
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Less than two weeks after Luis Enrique’s appointment, the first team took up residence at the club’s gleaming new training centre, the PSG Campus, in Poissy, 25 kilometres west of central Paris.—
Tom Williams,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Though last Friday’s March jobs release was better than expected, with an increase in 228,000 jobs according to the nonfarm payroll report, it was widely ignored as old news due to the tariff implementation.—
Bill Stone,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Pedro Pascal isn't ignoring an obvious parallel between himself and his character in the HBO series The Last of Us.—
Arabella Hau,
People.com,
6 Apr. 2025
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Though her fetus was already pressing against her cervix, doctors waited 40 hours until the fetal heartbeat stopped to inducea delivery, putting her at serious risk of deadly infection.—
Kavitha Surana,
ProPublica,
27 Mar. 2025
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Donaldson is the heartbeat of the Michigan Wolverines, and his heart-stopping, circus-style scoop shot with 59 seconds remaining Saturday cemented their trip to the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
22 Mar. 2025
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The typically more boring corner of Wall Street has been flashing signals of stress this week that have been serious enough to demand attention from both Wall Street and President Trump.—
Anne Marie Drummond Lee,
CBS News,
11 Apr. 2025
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With bond markets flashing warning signs while Americans sleep, investors risk missing a major shift.—
Joel Shulman,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Wink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wink. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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