as in chamber
one of the parts into which an enclosed space is divided
the garage has three separate bays for cars
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as in estuary
a part of a body of water that extends beyond the general shoreline
the bay is a favorite cruising ground for weekend yachtsmen
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as in glory
usually bays plural
public acknowledgment or admiration for an achievement
he wrote for his own personal satisfaction, not for any bays that the literary establishment might deign to bestow
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as in to shout
to speak so as to be heard at a distance
the mob was baying for revenge
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Recent Examples of bay
Dan Simms, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Brush piles near the entrances to shallow bays and coves are other thick cover favorites of Holley’s.
—John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
NPR, 14 Nov. 2025
The bear stood on one rock, growling and snarling at the baying hounds below.
—John McCoy, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2025
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Noun
Earwigs can take up residence in matted leaves and tree debris in gutters and downspouts, so scheduling bi-annual gutter cleanings can help keep the insects at bay.
—Dan Simms, USA Today, 15 May 2026
Brush piles near the entrances to shallow bays and coves are other thick cover favorites of Holley’s.
—John Phillips, Outdoor Life, 14 May 2026
Verb
At his own campaign closing event on Wednesday, a baying crowd was whipped up by Kaiser's vitriolic anti-communism and attacks on progressive values.
—NPR, 14 Nov. 2025
The bear stood on one rock, growling and snarling at the baying hounds below.
—John McCoy, Outdoor Life, 12 Nov. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for bay
Noun
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Both chambers have a $200 million baseline for conservation easements through the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Rural and Family Lands Protection Program.—
Jim Turner,
Miami Herald,
15 May 2026
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Of course, such a peaceful experience can seem impossible when one’s eyes and bones and skull ache deeply during another night spent in the torture chamber (aka the bed), yet surrendering to fate really is all there is.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Biscayne Bay, the state of Florida's largest estuary, is an important habitat for various species of plants and wildlife.—
Larry Seward,
CBS News,
9 May 2026
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This park is located on the rolling hills of northern Contra Costa County, offering impressive views of giant ships and tugboats in the Carquinez Strait, part of the tidal estuary of the Sacramento and the San Joaquin rivers.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
4 May 2026
Noun
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Through some convoluted changes of hands, the property’s current investors rescued and reimagined the remains of a previously defunct resort to give us Ocean Casino Resort in all its glory as a sigh of relief for this prime Boardwalk location.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 May 2026
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The winners came dressed to impress and were eager to promote their projects and bask in the glory of being declared the best of the internet.—
Joshua Dudley,
Forbes.com,
15 May 2026
Verb
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The fans sang soccer chants and shouted players’ names.—
Warren Mayes,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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But both camps have shared stories of harassment from the other side, including removing campaign literature, shouting at volunteers, and online bullying.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
14 May 2026
Verb
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Those muscles are better suited to holding the lips in a steady funnel to howl than to flicker through expressions.—
Niranjana Rajalakshmi,
Popular Science,
14 May 2026
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By nightfall, 100-mile-per-hour winds howled through the canyons.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
13 May 2026
Noun
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In a cell-phone video of the opening, the space was thronged with people.—
Clayton Dalton,
New Yorker,
15 May 2026
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Vaccines present either defanged pathogens or distinctive fragments of them to specialized immune cells—namely, T cells and antibody-producing B cells—that can then learn to identify those microbial enemies.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2026
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The Calabria some outside Italy do already know is the Costa degli Dei, or Coast of the Gods, a 34-mile stretch of Tyrrhenian shore from Pizzo to Nicotera (think of it as the knuckle on the Calabrian toe), where long white beaches alternate with impervious cliffs and rocky coves.—
Lee Marshall,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 May 2026
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The infestation spread across an acre of their cove, officials confirmed on the state’s algae reporting site, NC Fish Kill & Algal Bloom Reports.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
7 May 2026
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This accolade further emphasizes the booming super premium Irish whiskey sector, as The Donn surpassed renowned Scottish and Japanese competitors.—
Brad Japhe,
Forbes.com,
10 May 2026
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The accolade has become one of the Pavilion’s defining institutional recognitions for filmmakers and artists working within the global genre landscape, organizers note.—
Ed Meza,
Variety,
8 May 2026
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“Bay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/bay. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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