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Recent Examples of Synonyms for callithumps
Noun
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In one of those lawsuits, an attorney for a delivery driver said in 2022 that the building's support columns were not anchored to the floor, in violation of building codes.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Oct. 2025 -
The back entrance and staircases are lined with pumpkins, and colorful leaves cascade between the South Portico's columns.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The workers check and replace the large plastic bulbs on the long strings of lights and then use pulleys and hoists to hang and sometimes muscle those long strands of faceted lights onto the branches.—
Tribune News Service,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Oct. 2025
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Proudfoot and his team, including Kris Bowers, pull all the right (if predictable) emotional strings, underscoring Hesse’s memories with majestic orchestral music fit for an Old Hollywood epic.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Need a more manageable size to tote on trains and buses?—
Elly Leavitt,
Vogue,
2 Nov. 2025
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Of the more than $19 billion it’s expected to generate in the next 30 years, 40% will go to trains, 20% will go to buses and 40% will be split between Charlotte and local towns to use on road improvements.—
Josh Bergeron,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Nov. 2025
Noun
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But of course, novelists conjure and dream up the rest—Larette is someone who came to me way back in 2017, a woman who sang to her husband and whose life revolves around music, so that first few lines came easily.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Report downed power lines to the police.—
KANSAS CITY STAR WEATHER BOT,
Kansas City Star,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Callithumps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/callithumps. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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