as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
nobody gave a darn about us when we were poor, but now that we are rich, we have friends we never knew about!
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also durn
as in cursed
deserving of one's condemnation or displeasure
I can't seem to tie this darn shoe
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Recent Examples of darn
Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2024
By now, there’s little to no reason to not think of this squad as the WNBA’s best, name recognition be darned.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2024
The social communities will make that connection really darn fast.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
In addition, Best Buy has some pretty darned good management.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024
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Verb
Shops will be open, luminarias will be lit, and as twilight envelops the town, everyone gathers in Upper Park (above the steps on Main Street) for the lighting of the Christmas tree and pretty much the whole darned park.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 15 Nov. 2024
By now, there’s little to no reason to not think of this squad as the WNBA’s best, name recognition be darned.
—Jace Frederick, Twin Cities, 12 Oct. 2024
The social communities will make that connection really darn fast.
—Megan Poinski, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
In addition, Best Buy has some pretty darned good management.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for darn
Noun
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Since the death of Tom Petty meant an end to his primary job in 2017, Tench has still been visible in the background as a member of the house band in practically any tribute show that’s worth a damn.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Continue reading … 'STEELE' THE SHOW – MSNBC host demands Democrats start giving a ‘damn’ about Trump, Musk in fiery rant.—
Fox News,
Fox News,
17 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Advanced tools built on AI can crawl the web, stitch content together and send it back to us.—
Deepa Nagraj,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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The Polidori family arrived at McGregor Square in downtown Denver on the day of the April 4 Colorado Rockies home opener decked in team gear and jackets with the logo of their company, Polidori Sausage, stitched on the front.—
Miguel Otárola,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Slavery had a cursed past, and a present to be tolerated, but no future.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
21 Apr. 2025
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Diana, originally a student in the classic series, is now a doctor navigating her supernatural powers, a cursed love triangle, and a far more sensual storyline - complete with steamy scenes that are a bold departure from the chaste kisses of 35 years ago.—
Veronica Villafañe,
Forbes.com,
12 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The only clue to his departure was the next hoot, now 50 yards distant.—
Thomas Weddle,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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And to see the fans jumping up onstage and having fun, that’s a real hoot.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Doctors still will need to practice sawing into bone and suturing muscles.—
Jon Schuppe,
NBC News,
19 Dec. 2024
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And when Jay Rubin translated The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle (1995), roughly 25,000 words were left on the cutting-room floor, while hefty structural changes were required to suture the remaining text together.—
Bailey Trela,
Vulture,
19 Nov. 2024
Verb
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In the 50 years since, particularly the past 30 after formal relations were normalized in 1995, Washington has pursued reconciliation efforts with Hanoi, including a number of programs that sought to repair some of the damage the war wrought on generations of Vietnamese.—
Miranda Jeyaretnam,
Time,
30 Apr. 2025
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Amtrak’s excuse for killing so many trains for so many New Yorkers on some of the busiest routes in the country is that the federal railway monopoly will be repairing parts of the East River Tunnel.—
New York Daily News Editorial Board,
New York Daily News,
28 Apr. 2025
Verb
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So, a long while, the bulk of it though, like the sewing things up and finishing happened from probably spring of 2023 to 2024.—
Steve Baltin,
Forbes.com,
21 Apr. 2025
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Initially, many of these factories functioned as little more than exploitative sweatshops in which desperate young women sewed clothes for as little as five cents an hour (roughly $1 in 2025 dollars).—
Made by History,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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United have fallen massively and it’s been a terrible watch all season, bar a couple of highs.—
Andy Mitten,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Public interest in the film intensified after a stroke of terrible happenstance.—
Jelani Cobb,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Darn.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/darn. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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