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Recent Examples of clam
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
Banded clam shells, Bulgarian split squats, and golbet squats are a few exercises that can strengthen your knees and hips.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 23 Apr. 2026
Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2025
Known for its abundance of agates found along the Pacific Ocean beach between Newport and Yaquina Head, Agate Beach is a popular spot for agate hunting, as well as other activities like clamming, surfing and wildlife viewing.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Noun
Your favorite wine snob will be happy as a clam.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Apr. 2026
Banded clam shells, Bulgarian split squats, and golbet squats are a few exercises that can strengthen your knees and hips.
—Jakob Roze, Health, 23 Apr. 2026
Verb
Soup Costco food courts in Taiwan offer members clam chowder.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 9 Sep. 2025
Known for its abundance of agates found along the Pacific Ocean beach between Newport and Yaquina Head, Agate Beach is a popular spot for agate hunting, as well as other activities like clamming, surfing and wildlife viewing.
—Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 17 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for clam
Noun
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In Los Angeles, for example, the city spent more than 50 million dollars in 2021 on policing homelessness, yet unsheltered homelessness still increased.—
Shianne LeClaire,
Hartford Courant,
17 May 2026
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Yolo County’s homeless population declined slightly over the past two years, but nearly two-thirds of the people counted in January were living outdoors as county leaders considered millions of dollars in cuts to the services many rely on.—
Daniel Lempres,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2026
Verb
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Guests are encouraged to roam the land by golf cart or on foot, visit the biodynamic vegetable garden, fish the Flint River, and connect with the ranch’s horses.—
Travel + Leisure Editors,
Travel + Leisure,
19 May 2026
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Family said Hernandez had set out that morning to fish near the rocks where he was found.—
Cecilio Padilla,
CBS News,
17 May 2026
Noun
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Considering both the hard facts (carat weight and materials) and the more subjective stuff (design and wearability), the brand offers pretty much unparalleled bang for your buck.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
18 May 2026
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Then there's the bang-for-the-buck factor with organ meats.—
Teresa Mull,
FOXNews.com,
18 May 2026
Verb
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Roll pastry around filling, pinching to seal.—
Shelly Westerhausen Worcel,
Midwest Living,
15 May 2026
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Creamy corn, crisp crumb topping, and melty cheese just seal the deal.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
14 May 2026
Verb
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In going over various points of the BETA business plan, Costello mentioned energy storage in the form of batteries, and testing and iterating on storage systems at a state-of-the-art battery testing facility, where stakeholders are harvesting lots of data.—
John Werner,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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Fentanyl can be made year-round and smuggled into the United States in small doses as opposed to marijuana or cocaine, which both come from plants that are harvested seasonally and must be smuggled in large quantities to be profitable.—
Anna Giaritelli,
The Washington Examiner,
17 May 2026
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“Clam.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/clam. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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