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as in to twinkle
to shine with light at regular intervals
she loves to sit in the dark and watch the lights on the Christmas tree blink in ever-changing patterns
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as in to succumb
to cease resistance (as to another's arguments, demands, or control)
for two days the nations stood on the brink of war, until one finally blinked
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as in to stare
to look long and hard in wonder or surprise
stood blinking at the ridiculous scene before him in utter disbelief
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Recent Examples of blink
Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
The dilemma is that each player wants the other side to blink first, but the cost of miscalculation is catastrophic.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Then Utah scores in the blink of an eye going the other direction.
—Jesse Granger, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Come evening, the nearby port lighthouse still blinks its green warning signal.
—Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 18 May 2026
The dilemma is that each player wants the other side to blink first, but the cost of miscalculation is catastrophic.
—Frank Holmes, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Noun
Ciara is one such blink-and-you'll-miss-it appearance, appearing in Miranda's orbit at a starry event.
—Jack Smart, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
Then Utah scores in the blink of an eye going the other direction.
—Jesse Granger, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blink
Verb
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The titular town is a serene speck of a place in the west of Japan, near a mountain also called Nagi, a beautiful but raggedy landscape that patchworks swathes of virgin forest, farmed fields and twinkling solar panels.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
13 May 2026
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In an Instagram post, the actress showed off the park's winter decor — twinkling lights, artificial snow and Christmas trees.—
Mackenzie Schmidt,
PEOPLE,
13 May 2026
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On a street by the harbor, crowds of people were squinting into the distance, exclaiming every time the whale exhaled.—
Jessica Camille Aguirre,
New Yorker,
2 May 2026
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Whether 2026 is the year, or just the year fans started squinting at the schedule, is the watercooler question worth holding onto until that first Monday in May.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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The family had told her that everyone in the apartment had died—Samih, too, had succumbed to his wounds—but not that Zahra’s body was still missing.—
Rania Abouzeid,
New Yorker,
21 May 2026
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For one, the Frenchie vision is just corny and clumsy, and so is the idea of Kimiko harnessing the power of love to defeat the bad guy without succumbing to vengeful rage.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
20 May 2026
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Why Off-Grid Travel Is Booming In 2026 The shift is driven by hard numbers about how much of life is spent staring at a screen.—
Hanna Wickes,
Kansas City Star,
18 May 2026
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His hands were at ten and two, his face fixed, staring straight ahead.—
Weike Wang,
New Yorker,
17 May 2026
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For facials, Maria is able to coax complexions to a glow that TikTok filters can’t match.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
23 May 2026
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Is this recommendation merely a brazen attempt to steer students toward a major that has lost most of its glow and even become the butt of jokes about what a student did while in college?—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
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Amidst the silences and stilted conversation, their willingness to be in the same room flickers into existence a relationship other than their inescapable roles as killer and survivor.—
Sophie Monks Kaufman,
IndieWire,
16 May 2026
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Thanks to the film, that form has flickered in the minds of tourists from around the world for half a century.—
Marnie Hunter,
CNN Money,
14 May 2026
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Jim tests positive and, much to his horror, sees his abs winking out of existence one by one.—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
17 May 2026
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Two guys at the golf course are winking, and whispering, and tipping each other off.—
Jon Wertheim,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
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Everyone in the Democrat Party in Illinois was conceding the race to Republican Attorney General Jack Ryan.—
Gary Franks,
Hartford Courant,
14 May 2026
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But the team still gives up too many goals, with nine goals conceded over the past three games.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
14 May 2026
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“Blink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blink. Accessed 24 May. 2026.
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