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Recent Examples of racket
Noun
After endorsing Head tennis rackets his entire career, Murray this spring started using a Yonex racket. Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
For his brain health: Working out regularly, playing racket sports like pickleball and taking omega-3s and B supplements. Renée Onque, CNBC, 3 June 2025 Alcaraz lunged for it and somehow made the volley as his racket flew out of his hand. Charlie Eccleshare, New York Times, 1 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for racket
Recent Examples of Synonyms for racket
Noun
  • Some commercial leaf blowers are even louder, generating 115 decibels of noise up close and 100 decibels at 50 feet.
    Leanne Potts, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 July 2025
  • In a world where longevity has become a wellness megatrend, dominated by a growing number of companies offering scans, tests, lifestyle hacks, and more, Topol is eager to cut through the noise.
    Alexa Mikhail, Fortune, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • Birds chirped and traffic appeared normal — apart from the bustle at the local fire department in the center of town — as responders continued to manage the remains of the fireworks facility that exploded barely a mile away, just a few days before.
    Jake Goodrick July 4, Sacbee.com, 4 July 2025
  • Fever, Sun and some spicy beef Caitlin Clark, darling of the WNBA, is not afraid of chirping back.
    Chris Branch, New York Times, 18 June 2025
Noun
  • Alternative investments are gaining traction among financial advisors who are seeking diversification just as rising geopolitical tensions and shaky tariff policy rattle stocks.
    Darla Mercado, CFP®, CNBC, 18 June 2025
  • Stocks around the world have declined as Trump’s tariffs rattle markets.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • There are pics of the pair kissing, clinking Champagne glasses, and taking a selfie with a digital camera.
    Bethy Squires, Vulture, 9 June 2025
  • As unveiled on the band’s Instagram Thursday (May 29), the LP’s front features a cozy photo of Kevin, Nick and Joe clinking wine glasses while dining at a restaurant.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 29 May 2025
Noun
  • But the loudest roar — aside the one for the record strikeout — came when Kershaw bounded out of the dugout to start the sixth.
    Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2025
  • The rush of wind and thrum of tire roar was punctuated, not by engine revs and tailpipe cackles, but by birdsong.
    Alistair Charlton, Forbes.com, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • Advertisement Read more: How Netanyahu Pushed Trump Toward War That day, a shepherd posted cell phone footage of an Israeli C-130 low in the sky over Syria, sheep bells clanking over the roar of the engines.
    Karl Vick, Time, 19 June 2025
  • In this instance, Jaden McDaniels’ attempt clanked off the iron as part of a slow start that ultimately doomed Minnesota.
    Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 31 May 2025
Noun
  • There was a lot of chatter about taxes and changes to the tax system for colleges.
    Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
  • Both players are near the top of their respective positions, but there was a lot of chatter regarding Fitzpatrick.
    James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 July 2025
Verb
  • There are at least a dozen tables in the gymnasium, and walking in to the sound of all those clattering tiles is like being inside a machine of obscure but pleasing purpose.
    Han Ong, New Yorker, 22 June 2025
  • Late in the first half, Giuliano Simeone seemed to draw a penalty as Sounders homegrown left back Reed Baker-Whiting clattered into his side and pulled him to ground.
    Jeff Rueter, New York Times, 20 June 2025

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“Racket.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/racket. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.

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