cheeks

plural of cheek
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cheeks
Noun
  • At a quarterly meeting of the Institute of Supply Management, Kevin Frechette, the founder and CEO of Fair Market, gave a presentation on tail spend management.
    Steve Banker, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Gold Rathian is weak to Thunder elements and has weak points on its head, wings and tail tip.
    Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.
    Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 4 Aug. 2024
  • Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.
    Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
Noun
  • Democrats hold 56 of those seats and Republicans hold 54 of them.
    Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Ten of those seats are held by Democrats and 14 by Republicans.
    Marco Rubio, Newsweek, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Like other Thomson’s gazelles, Cobbler also has a white patch on his rump extending underneath his tail, distinguishing him from the larger Grant’s gazelle, whose white patch extends above the tail.
    Skylar Heisey, The Arizona Republic, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Administrative bloat already threatens to turn the professoriate into a university rump; a case like this, in which one aggrieved actor plays to the refs of not merely the managerial bureaucracy but of the state itself, only further undermines the necessary defense of academic autonomy.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 12 Sep. 2024

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“Cheeks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cheeks. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.

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