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Recent Examples of biff
Noun
Nobody loves the old school biff more than me. Mike Meehall Wood, Forbes, 25 May 2021 Here are the best biffs: Between now and Saturday night, each of the 25 finalist robots will get one chance to run through the gauntlet. Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, 5 June 2015
Recent Examples of Synonyms for biff
Noun
  • On my final evening after the game drive, a flute whines and drums thump in the distance.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 23 May 2025
  • As its infectious message, hip hop hook, gentle-against-forceful thump, radiates further into the zeitgeist expect it be heard everywhere.
    Jed Gottlieb, Boston Herald, 15 June 2025
Verb
  • Anyone who attended the National Restaurant Show in Chicago last month was smacked in the face at booth after booth by a single agenda wrought from desperation: how to harness technology to find ways to use fewer human workers.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
  • Please Tony, stop smacking your lips after every sentence.
    Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 June 2025
Noun
  • The message landed with a thud among prominent conservatives on social media.
    Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 27 June 2025
  • In the footage, the wooden wall can be seen falling forward with a thud, while two vertical cables hang behind, apparently slack.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • Bregman hit 11 home runs in 226 plate appearances, a rate of one every 20.5 at bats.
    Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 July 2025
  • Earlier, in the fourth, Chisholm hit his fourth homer in his last five games.
    Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 July 2025
Noun
  • The Senate parliamentarian has advised that a Medicaid provider tax overhaul central to President Donald Trump’s tax cut and spending bill does not adhere to the chamber’s procedural rules, delivering a crucial blow as Republicans rush to finish the package this week.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 27 June 2025
  • The Senate parliamentarian's guidance has delivered several blows to key GOP provisions, including an effort to exclude undocumented immigrants from receiving Medicaid benefits and a plan to lower provider taxes, which states use to help fund their portion of Medicaid costs.
    June 27, CBS News, 27 June 2025
Verb
  • But, everyone's mostly aware, that many celebrities get five-figure treatments and then launch skincare lines, slapping their names on them.
    Tiana Randall, Forbes.com, 1 July 2025
  • The product was fresh, the money real, and every A&R man from New York to Memphis knew the formula: Find a pretty face, slap a catchy chorus behind it, and watch the allowances roll in.
    Philip Martin, Arkansas Online, 26 June 2025
Noun
  • Pittsburgh now has arguably the best 1-2 punch at tight end in the NFL in Smith and Penn State alum Pat Friermuth.
    Michael Gallagher, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 June 2025
  • Vega opted to press, but landed constant clean punches and was unable to connect meaningful combinations that would turn the tide of the fight.
    Jad El Reda, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2025
Verb
  • Instead of the Apple logo sitting dead-center in the circle, the suggestion is that a partial circle will be deployed, so as not to bang into the logo.
    David Phelan, Forbes.com, 29 June 2025
  • Similar to Wednesday’s match in the same stadium against Manchester City, the Wydad supporters chanted loudly, banged their drums, and even threw a few flares onto the field, not far from goalkeeper Benabid (see below) following Lorch’s goal in the 25th minute.
    Steve Madeley, New York Times, 22 June 2025

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“Biff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/biff. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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