crow's-foot

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Recent Examples of crow's-foot Since then, it's been approved to treat crow's-feet (in 2013) and moderate-to-severe forehead lines (in 2017), though doctors had been regularly using it off-label on both areas for years. Danielle Cohen, Allure, 23 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for crow's-foot
Noun
  • Palstave axes were designed with a side loop to be securely attached to a wooden handle.
    Andrea Margolis, FOXNews.com, 16 May 2026
  • He can’t be named here without risking his loops at the club, but trust that his local knowledge includes which Delaware County bartenders reliably tally a light check and how to navigate every inch of Aronimink.
    Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 16 May 2026
Noun
  • Fingerprints are the surface expression of what biologists call dermal ridges: those parallel corrugations of ridged and furrowed skin that cover not just your fingertips, but also your palms, toes and soles.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 14 Apr. 2026
  • So why do real grasshopper wings have corrugations?
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 31 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • By then, standard-issue electric typewriters and six-ply carbon paper had been replaced by far less visually interesting computers.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
  • The poor choice of font did not upset me, nor, indeed, did the quality of the paper, which was not unlike single-ply toilet roll.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Many tools now include real-time protection against phishing links, which adds a layer of defense when a scam slips through.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
  • So, when a model is deprecated or updated, the abstraction layer routes to the replacement without rewriting prompts or retraining workflows.
    Alberto Gimeno, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
Noun
  • Place seam-sides down on prepared baking sheets.
    Shelly Westerhausen Worcel, Midwest Living, 18 May 2026
  • Tarik Skubal, the two-time American League Cy Young Award winner, can throw about as hard as Misiorowski, but Skubal uses his four-seam fastball less than forty per cent of the time.
    Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 17 May 2026

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“Crow's-foot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/crow%27s-foot. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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