buckles 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of buckle
1
as in collapses
to fall down or in as a result of physical pressure the flimsy bridge buckled under the weight of the caravan of trucks

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2
as in devotes
to occupy (oneself) diligently or with close attention buckled himself down and finished the assignment in record time

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buckles

2 of 2

noun

plural of buckle
as in loops

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Recent Examples of buckles
Verb
The word nearly buckles my knees. — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025 To his yacht-aspiring wrist, the buyer buckles a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer II, a watch designed to commemorate Sir Edmund Hillary’s 1953 summit of Everest. — Adam Erace, Fortune, 4 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for buckles
  1. collapses
  2. devotes
  3. loops
  4. tumbles
  5. applies
  6. folds
  7. bends
  8. swirls
Verb
  • Corruption deepened, the economy entered one of the worst collapses in modern history, and a humanitarian crisis pushed close to a third of the population out of the country.
    — Tibisay Zea, Christian Science Monitor, 30 June 2026
  • By contrast, Roberts’s opinion in Slaughter collapses this distinction.
    — George Thomas, The Atlantic, 30 June 2026
Definition of collapses
Verb
  • The North Dakota library, located near the national park gateway town of Medora, devotes a number of exhibits to Roosevelt’s commitment to protecting America’s vanishing wildlands and wild animals.
    — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 2 July 2026
  • For example, one of my friends devotes each day of the week to a different zone in her house.
    — Tessa Cooper, The Spruce, 30 June 2026
Definition of devotes
Noun
  • Leaders should identify where bottlenecks crept back in, restore psychological safety around small failures, and rebuild the feedback loops that make frequent, low-risk deployment feel sustainable.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • Rounding out the trio is a take on the Air Max 95 Neon with orange substitutions on its Big Bubble heel unit and eyestay loops and a green and orange gradient on the outsole’s shank.
    — Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 30 June 2026
Definition of loops
Verb
  • The glowing ribbon of the Milky Way tumbles directly through this cosmic triangle before arcing towards the southern horizon, though its diffuse light will be hidden behind a veil of moonlight on the night of the full moon.
    — Anthony Wood, Space.com, 2 July 2026
  • Then the wisdom tumbles like Milk Duds fresh from the concessionaire.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of tumbles
Verb
  • West Virginia’s ban also applies at every level of competition, but only from middle school through college.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 1 July 2026
  • The same process applies for minors if all living parents agree to the name change.
    — Angela Rodriguez, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
Definition of applies
Noun
  • From that glossy start emerges an elaborate, colossal bun composed of braids in varying widths—from pencil-thin plaits woven around the base to chunkier folds making up the lion’s share of the height-enhancing sculpture.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 29 June 2026
  • In it, pieces of raw fish are put in the cracks, crevices, and folds of the skin of Zach Holmes, another of the new cast members, who is a large man.
    — Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 June 2026
Definition of folds
Verb
  • As if the arc of history just naturally bends towards justice without aggrieved people putting pressure on it.
    — Sarah Schulman, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
  • The star crossing in front of the other one brightens and bends the latter object’s light, thereby acting like a giant magnifying glass.
    — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 June 2026
Definition of bends
Noun
  • Such a beautiful sculpture, mimicking the swirls found in nature (the cosmos, shells, Fibonacci-following topiary) felt a far cry from the swirl of emotions prompted by my favorite TV shows.
    — Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026
Definition of swirls

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