ana

Definition of ananext

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ana
Noun
  • Don’t include wreaths or garlands, which contain metal wire that could damage the shredding machinery.
    Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 4 Jan. 2026
  • According to city guidelines, holiday greenery and garlands are not accepted as yard waste because of possible metal wires and decorations.
    St. Paul Pioneer Press, Twin Cities, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Alternate names for January’s full moon are the Cold Moon, Frost Exploding Moon, Severe Moon and Hard Moon, according to the almanac’s website.
    Elissa Jorgensen, Dallas Morning News, 3 Jan. 2026
  • The conspicuous spelling of Kalendar points to John Evelyn’s Kalendarium Hortense, a gardener’s almanac in the classical tradition of Hesiod’s Works and Days and Cato’s De Re Rustica.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The organization is based in Del Mar, but UC San Diego in La Jolla is a host university for the symposium.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Haidt’s comments came as part of a symposium organized by Dartmouth economics professor David Blanchflower, whose work has previously been covered in Fortune.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • And this year, the housing and mental health nonprofit produced a compilation film, Changing Minds Young Filmmaker Festival, made up of winning submissions from its long-running Changing Minds initiative.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 4 Jan. 2026
  • Watch the compilation above to see four stepdads experience life-changing moments of love and belonging.
    Ronnie Li, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The city police will increase walking and bike patrols, license plate readers and drone surveillance, Pureval said.
    Scott Wartman, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Personally, as an adult reader of mostly literary fiction—but one raised on fantasy—these books come close to bringing me that childhood thrill of dissolving into another universe.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • The students spend the semester writing and polishing a novel excerpt, memoir excerpt, or chapbook length collection of poetry.
    The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Her chapbook Through the New Body won the Poetry Society of America’s Chapbook Fellowship and was published in 2020.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • As the twelfth title in her bestselling McKellar Math line—which introduces math concepts in fun, easy-to-digest ways—this one has a more personal focus.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 5 Nov. 2025
  • But the sequin dress is easy-to-digest glamour.
    Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • One year before Ingri and Edgar Parin D’Aulaire published their compendium of Greek myths, Cicellis released her second work of fiction, The Way to Colonos, which ruthlessly dramatizes the limits of individual freedom and the agony of facing one’s powerlessness.
    Rachel Vorona Cote, The Atlantic, 5 Jan. 2026
  • What better way to avoid the terrors of Dry January than by sneaking yourself into the cozy snug of The Pub, a compendium of Britain’s quintessential third space.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 3 Jan. 2026
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“Ana.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ana. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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