blip

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Recent Examples of blip Back to the Carrera T, and the latest 911 is fitted as standard with rear-wheel steering – this was an option on the previous T – along with a sports exhaust and a rev-matching function that blips the engine between downshifts. Alistair Charlton, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 Watching them blip along to the music is a fun retro touch. Chris Haslam, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024 Again and again, followed by hard braking—courtesy of Wilwood—and a downshift or two after a bit of throttle blipping to rev match. Michael Van Runkle, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 Ever since Timothée Chalamet blipped onto the greater public’s radar with Call Me by Your Name in 2017, the young actor has proven to be versatile, charismatic, remarkably unselfconscious, and able to both amplify and weaponize his attractiveness (see: Lady Bird or, better yet, Bones and All). David Fear, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023 See All Example Sentences for blip
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blip
Verb
  • Pinch-hitter Jose Tabata fouled off a pair of 2-2 pitches before Scherzer clipped him on the elbow with a breaking ball.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2025
  • In one snap, the proud mom can be seen sitting in a pair of pajamas with her hair halfway clipped up as Santi sits on her lap, smiling at the camera.
    Angel Saunders, People.com, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • The Spanish crown then imposed its language on the subjects, wiping out or nearly wiping out other languages in the process.
    Carey Baraka, The Dial, 26 June 2025
  • For one thing, the same nuclear powers these countries are seeking to deter—China, Russia, and North Korea—could decide to wipe out any emerging nuclear programs in a preventive attack.
    VIPIN NARANG, Foreign Affairs, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • But the suddenly lukewarm Rockies, who seemed primed to erase the 2024 Sox from the record books, entered Wednesday’s game against Washington with a three-game win streak and a 7-7 record in their last 14 games.
    Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2025
  • Clark tried to erase the memories of his disappointment at Oakmont with an opening round 6-under 64 on Thursday, putting him tied for second in the early afternoon.
    Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 19 June 2025
Verb
  • The compact white bots with little orange flags and vaguely tortoise-like bodies will bleep-bloop food from participating businesses to locations within a small urban radius.
    Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 14 Oct. 2022
  • International broadcasters get their own raw feed of the ceremony and must decide on their own whether to bleep — which is why unbleeped video from other countries soon appeared on social media, showcasing what really happened.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 28 Mar. 2022
Verb
  • Those targets were obliterated, and the pilots should be given credit.
    Sonam Sheth Gabe Whisnant, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 June 2025
  • Unlike supernovas, which obliterate stars, novas are recurring events that only affect the outer layer of a white dwarf.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • Kids who try to end-run this will have their streams removed and live chat disabled.
    Danny Bakst, Fortune, 26 June 2025
  • Florida Fish and Wildlife officials removed the alligators, allowing divers to recover a deceased male from the vehicle.
    Chris Anderson, USA Today, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • Where To See The Milky Way In 2025 The collective brightness of up to 400 billion stars may seem easy to see, but the wonderous sight is blotted out by light pollution.
    Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 21 June 2025
  • Going forward, good organizations will calculate how to roster stars that don’t blot out the constellation.
    Mirjam Swanson, Oc Register, 19 May 2025
Verb
  • But advocates say eradicating the Iranian nuclear threat and weakening the regime is in America's national interests because Tehran is a significant destabilizing force in the Middle East, where the United States has key allies and partners, such as Israel and Qatar.
    Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 June 2025
  • Although the red autumn fruits with yellow casings make a lovely Thanksgiving wreath, this woody vine is difficult to manage and eradicate.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 14 June 2025

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“Blip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blip. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.

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