cuticles

plural of cuticle

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Noun
  • Fortnite has a number of character skins, emotes, pickaxes and more available in the shop for a limited time.
    Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 4 Dec. 2025
  • In recent years, PETA protesters have frequently disrupted Coach’s fashion shows during NYFW to protest the brand’s use of leather and exotic skins.
    Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 3 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The lobster carapaces infuse a briny, umami-rich flavor into the stock.
    Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 4 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The weathering of silicate rocks at the surface converts atmospheric CO2 into carbonate that ends up on the seafloor, where it can be subducted into the mantle with tectonic plates.
    Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 15 June 2026
  • Everyone eats the same meal, including the teachers, and the guests, who may be surprised that the children have cleared their plates of these vegetables.
    Adam Yamaguchi, CBS News, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • For fleeing the likes of active war zones and relentless mercenaries hot on your tracks (and, of course, living to tell the tale), Mammoth bulletproofs all the windows and protects them from closer blunt force – or hot-firing shrapnel – with MOLLE-style blast shields.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 9 June 2026
  • Lahn has opposed liability shields for pesticide companies.
    Hannah Fingerhut, Fortune, 3 June 2026
Noun
  • They had been hunted out of existence—shot for personal sustenance, shot for sale as food by market hunters, shot for their hides.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • These include up to four whole hides of leather, wood veneers, and the model board that forms the base.
    Justin Fenner, Robb Report, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • The ones that are accepted are run through a machine that shakes the envelopes — this makes the ballot sink to the bottom of the envelope — and slices them open.
    Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
  • Clear nail polish can be used instead of saliva or water to easily seal envelopes by swiping a small amount along the edge of the envelope flap before closing.
    Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • This worldwide effort mails free, high-quality, age-appropriate books to children under age 5 every month, with a goal of sparking a lifetime love of reading.
    Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 12 Oct. 2025
  • In the past, only elite researchers had access to their genetic fingerprints, but now personal genotyping is available to anyone who orders the service online and mails in a spit sample.
    Merrill Fabry, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
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“Cuticles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cuticles. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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