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Recent Examples of fin
Cruise passengers may also see fin or humpback whales plus Common dolphins.
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Holly Andres, Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
So, biologists tagged Lee’s largemouth, took fin and scale samples for analysis, and gave the live bass back to Lee.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 25 Mar. 2026
Sometimes innovation shows up in the most unexpected forms — in this case, a goldfish behind the wheel of a tiny car, paddling his way into the history books one fin stroke at a time.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
How the new system works FORTE’s fingers draw inspiration from the fin-ray effect, a design principle found in fish fins.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
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Holly Andres, Daily News, 26 Mar. 2026
So, biologists tagged Lee’s largemouth, took fin and scale samples for analysis, and gave the live bass back to Lee.
—Bob McNally, Outdoor Life, 25 Mar. 2026
Sometimes innovation shows up in the most unexpected forms — in this case, a goldfish behind the wheel of a tiny car, paddling his way into the history books one fin stroke at a time.
—Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026
How the new system works FORTE’s fingers draw inspiration from the fin-ray effect, a design principle found in fish fins.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fin
Noun
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But, curiously, participants had the highest solve rate when the puzzles appeared in ordinary dreams, not lucid ones.—
Shayla Love,
New Yorker,
1 May 2026
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No one in the East has been dominant in the first round so the Knicks entering the second round on a three-game winning streak is compelling.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
Noun
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Five months later, thousands are still waiting for bills and tens of thousands are waiting for refunds, the latest development in the technology upgrade debacle that has roiled the county’s tax system for more than four years with no clear end in sight.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Apr. 2026
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Researchers blame a number of factors, including climate change causing fuel to dry out and be more flammable, a record drought, tens of millions of tons of dead trees from Hurricane Helene, and the vast area where dense forests and high numbers of people try to coexist.—
Seth Borenstein,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
Noun
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He is joined by six of his players — many more will join by half-time, arriving in ones and twos, shuffling over the teal concrete — and by assorted members of the Xavier clan, all wearing colourful training kit.—
Jack Lang,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.—
Matt Le Cren,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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Then the case counsellor handed me the check for eight hundred dollars.—
Saïd Sayrafiezadeh,
New Yorker,
26 Apr. 2026
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Murakami is working on a two-year, $34 million deal, and in an era when some teams try to lock up young talent with long and lucrative contract extensions, a 25-game sample size is a little too small for Getz to start throwing out more years and dollars.—
Jeff Vorva,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In 2024-25, in 538 minutes solo at five-on-five, Nugent-Hopkins delivered 45 percent of the goal share.—
Allan Mitchell,
New York Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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LaPour was the preseason Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and got his season off to a strong start against Vanderbilt, giving up two runs off fives hits in five innings of work with five strikeouts.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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For the record, the Aztec Room & Patio can accommodate some 200 visitors, and yes, that 19-foot ceiling is genuine 18-karat--nary a pre-Depression sawbuck was spared when constructing this masterpiece.—
David Weiss,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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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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The restaurant also runs additional weekday specials, including a $12 cheese pizza on Tuesdays and a $10 double cheeseburger on Wednesdays, though the Sunday spaghetti special may get you the most bang for your buck.—
Eva Remijan-Toba,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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Comparatively and historically speaking, that’s a heck of a lot better bang for the buck than what a very-late-in-the-first-round wide receiver gives you during his rookie campaign.—
Sean Keeler,
Denver Post,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Eating ultraprocessed pancakes for breakfast, chips with lunch, a bag of cookies for a snack and a pizza for dinner could quickly add up.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
29 Apr. 2026
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New orders for the specialized and embedded chips that NXP and its peers make—not to be confused with the high-performance AI silicon that gets all the news headlines—are finally rising after a long slump going all the way back to the COVID-19 pandemic.—
Andrew Nusca,
Fortune,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fin. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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