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as in chameleon
a person who dexterously and expediently changes or adopts opinions
gradually fading in the primaries, the former front-runner watched helplessly as the trimmers rushed to embrace the party's newest rising star
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as in winner
one that defeats an enemy or opponent
last year's winner of the tournament unexpectedly got trimmed in the first round, and the trimmer was a young player that no one had ever heard of
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Recent Examples of trimmer
Spring cleaning is underway, which means lawnmowers, blowers, weedwhackers and trimmers are in overdrive.
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Paul Burton, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Using a conventional electric trimmer would cause tiny hairs to float around in microgravity, which would be a mess.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Hui Manu-o-Kū staff tie blue plastic ribbons around the trunks of trees hosting eggs and chicks to alert tree trimmers to stay clear.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
The trimmer was an unpopular stock character of the age.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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Paul Burton, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
Using a conventional electric trimmer would cause tiny hairs to float around in microgravity, which would be a mess.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 6 Apr. 2026
Hui Manu-o-Kū staff tie blue plastic ribbons around the trunks of trees hosting eggs and chicks to alert tree trimmers to stay clear.
—ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
The trimmer was an unpopular stock character of the age.
—David Brooks, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for trimmer
Noun
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Dozens of the carriers exhibit indicators of being chameleon carriers.—
Michael Kaplan,
CBS News,
19 Apr. 2026
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The color is like a burgundy-brown chameleon that could be either, and certainly looks nice regardless.—
Alyssa Grabinski,
PEOPLE,
8 Apr. 2026
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McDavid had led a 3-on-1 rush that fizzled out and soon after received Bouchard’s outlet pass, returning the puck to him and earning a secondary assist for the Art Ross Trophy winner’s first point of these playoffs.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
25 Apr. 2026
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That is the nature of Talladega, which has seen 11 different winners in the last 11 races there.—
Jordan Bianchi,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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On the first pitch, Casey, who weighs almost twice as much as me, took the biggest whipper (a giant climbing fall) of his life.—
The Editors,
Outside,
13 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In the same jungle, centuries earlier, a group of Spanish conquerors falls to that same ruthless force.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Babur’s family traced its lineage to both the Turkic conqueror Timur (Tamerlane) on his father’s side and Chagatai, the second son of the Mongol ruler Genghis Khan, on his mother’s side.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Pour hot milk mixture over batter, scraping pan clean with spatula, and mix with beater on low speed until incorporated and batter is smooth, about 1 minute.—
Shilpa Uskokovic,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
28 Apr. 2026
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Boston went up 16 points after the first quarter on a Payton Pritchard buzzer-beater 3-pointer and never looked back.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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“Trimmer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/trimmer. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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