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Recent Examples of knob
There are safety products designed to help prevent accidental burner activations or fires, such as knob covers, appliance safety locks and motion- or touch-activated shutoff devices.
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Zacharia Washington, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
Elsewhere, jolts of intensity come from human hands turning round knobs in real time.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
The days when there were only a few options for kitchen cabinet knobs and pulls are long gone.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2026
That includes a simple, flat dashboard with traditional gauges and knobs with next to no contemporary accents.
—New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
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Zacharia Washington, Dallas Morning News, 16 Jan. 2026
Elsewhere, jolts of intensity come from human hands turning round knobs in real time.
—Philip Sherburne, Pitchfork, 14 Jan. 2026
The days when there were only a few options for kitchen cabinet knobs and pulls are long gone.
—Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Jan. 2026
That includes a simple, flat dashboard with traditional gauges and knobs with next to no contemporary accents.
—New Atlas, 13 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knob
Noun
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Trim away any brown or mushy roots and repot the orchid in a fresh potting mix of large bark chunks and perlite that drains well.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
20 Jan. 2026
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Each January, Stoever makes a maximum contribution to a Roth IRA and plunks another chunk of cash in a solo 401(k).—
Ryan Ermey
Lauren Shamo,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2026
Noun
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In Supporting Actor, the two nominees from One Battle After Another apparently split the vote at the CCAs, clearing a path for Frankenstein’s Jacob Elordi, a challenge to the conventional wisdom that 28-year-old hunks don’t win trophies.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
12 Jan. 2026
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Put a few hunks of cornbread on your greens and top them with the juices for a life-changing experience.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
1 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Some of the Hoosiers hopped about their Hard Rock Stadium locker room late Monday night, clumps of them doing knee-wobbling dances amidst an air thick with cigar smoke, joy and relief.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
20 Jan. 2026
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During the drying cycle, stop the dryer and massage the coat with your hands to help break up any down clumps.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
14 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Use those wads of wrapping paper leftover from a birthday, baby shower, or holiday bash to stuff the bottom and sides of the box and prevent shifting during shipping.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
25 Dec. 2025
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Finding a small liver wad incredibly difficult.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
12 Dec. 2025
Noun
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With just a pea-size glob of scat, biologists can genetically decode which individual whale produced the sample.—
Kelso Harper,
Scientific American,
16 Dec. 2025
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One pair of slippers in particular had bright red globs of liquid on the sole, along with what Gould thought at the time could be human hair.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Lined up next to rookie left tackle Josh Simmons and veteran center Creed Humphrey, Suamataia took some lumps in the first two preseason games before settling in for a clean sheet in the third look against the Bears.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
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The cash option is a one-time, lump-sum payment that is equal to all the cash in the Mega Millions jackpot prize pool.—
Tanya Wildt,
Freep.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Knob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knob. Accessed 24 Jan. 2026.
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