as in whim
a sudden impulsive and apparently unmotivated idea or action
she got a sudden bee to quit her job and move to South Carolina
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Recent Examples of bee
After all, a spider also differs from a bee.
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Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Frisch’s bee breakthrough involved such experiments starting in the 1910s.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
But eventually the feeders were swarmed by what appeared to be thousands of bees.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
When [ecologist Lars] Chittka gave bumblebees an extra jolt of sucrose, their favorite food, the bees buzzed with delight.
—Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
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Harmon Siegel, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
Frisch’s bee breakthrough involved such experiments starting in the 1910s.
—Danny Robb, JSTOR Daily, 1 Oct. 2025
But eventually the feeders were swarmed by what appeared to be thousands of bees.
—Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2025
When [ecologist Lars] Chittka gave bumblebees an extra jolt of sucrose, their favorite food, the bees buzzed with delight.
—Big Think, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bee
Noun
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The press and the world were at her feet and at her whim, and her whim was a whim of iron.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Martin decided to have Emma undergo a DNA test on something of a whim.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Those settlers managed to make an underground river with murderous maggots on unstable terrain into a tourist attraction in record time.—
Ann Patchett,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Also look for screwworm larvae (maggots) and eggs in or around body openings, such as the nose, ears, and genitalia, or the navel of newborn animals.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Bee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bee. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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