as in source
a point or place at which something is invented or provided
a domestic diva who is a seemingly endless font of new ideas
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Recent Examples of font
For production design, this meant using the exact right font on a Delancey storefront.
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Anna Tingley, Variety, 27 Dec. 2025
And instead of wrestling with margins and fonts, users can work inside guardrails that keep the focus on content.
—K. H. Koehler, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
The restaurant is a generous font of distress, and takes up as much space in the graphic novel as a job does in real life.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
But the billionaire, who is retiring later this month at age 95, is also a font of spiritual wisdom.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
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Anna Tingley, Variety, 27 Dec. 2025
And instead of wrestling with margins and fonts, users can work inside guardrails that keep the focus on content.
—K. H. Koehler, USA Today, 23 Dec. 2025
The restaurant is a generous font of distress, and takes up as much space in the graphic novel as a job does in real life.
—E. Tammy Kim, New Yorker, 17 Dec. 2025
But the billionaire, who is retiring later this month at age 95, is also a font of spiritual wisdom.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 15 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for font
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Hoyer plans to formally announce his retirement in a speech on the House floor Thursday morning, the source said.—
Nikole Killion,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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The source claims the couple don't spend much time together otherwise, beyond their joint public appearances.—
Linda Marx,
PEOPLE,
8 Jan. 2026
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The Pentagon has since been testing the portable, backpack-sized device, which emits pulsed, radio-frequency energy and contains components of Russian origin.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Jan. 2026
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Spain, Portugal, Italy, Malta, Greece, Cyprus, Turkey, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Israel, Palestine and Lebanon all have sites with Phoenician origins.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026
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Frosted sodas feature the chain’s fountain drinks blended with its ice cream soft serve.—
Fielding Buck,
Oc Register,
6 Jan. 2026
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But this new permanent menu item layers the fountain beverages and ice cream rather than blending them together.—
Sabrina Weiss,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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To stop each dog from trying to reach the toy, the owners sat at a dining table or on the floor while the dog was put behind a child safety gate, or was in a dog cradle or bed.—
Amarachi Orie,
CNN Money,
8 Jan. 2026
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The wise men made a pilgrimage from the east to worship at the cradle of Christ; and the shepherds journeyed from field to town in search of Jesus, the savior of the world.—
Stephanie Petit,
PEOPLE,
25 Dec. 2025
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“Font.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/font. Accessed 21 Jan. 2026.
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