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Recent Examples of Synonyms for crimping
Verb
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Young plants benefit from pinching back early in the growing season to encourage branching.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
4 May 2026 -
Those extra costs are pinching metro Atlanta residents who already feel squeezed, with few alternatives in a car‑dominant region.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
29 Apr. 2026
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Knowing exactly where hydrogen is coming from inside cattle could help develop new ways of tamping down their methane-heavy burps, Xiong says, including by tweaking how the hydrogenobody itself works.—
Jackie Flynn Mogensen,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2026
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With Stanton tweaking his calf on Friday and not playing on Saturday and Sunday in Houston, word of Domínguez’s call-up broke Sunday night.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
27 Apr. 2026
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Kelly has dedicated his career to understanding what happens when the protein folding process goes wrong.—
Ashley Mackin Solomon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 May 2026
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The video then shows the group filing through inside hallways, and grabbing items, including a folding chair.—
Joe Kottke,
NBC news,
3 May 2026
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This step builds on the eye cream by extending that moisture barrier across the full face and preventing the delicate eye area from drying out and creasing as the day goes on.—
Lauren Jarvis-Gibson,
Sacbee.com,
23 Apr. 2026
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Flexi-form technology prevents creasing, while light refracting pigments blur the look of fine lines and texture.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
7 Apr. 2026
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This one plays with puckering on both ends, along with a creamsicle color palette that’s ideal for setting on deck chairs and chaises surrounding the pool.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
26 Mar. 2026
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The subtle bitterness is complemented with creamy cheese and a mouth-puckering lemon dressing.—
The Bon Appétit Staff,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
6 Mar. 2026
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Tiered palazzo pants featured beneath the hemline of her turquoise tennis dress, with pleating throughout.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
20 Jan. 2026
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Place dough circles in the wells of a 12-cup muffin tray, pressing into bottoms and up sides, pleating edges as needed.—
Katherine Polcari,
Southern Living,
27 Nov. 2025
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“Crimping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crimping. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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