disks

variants or discs
plural of disk

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Recent Examples of disks Braking is taken care of by dual 310-mm front discs and radial-mount Nissin calipers, with a Nissin single-piston caliper and 240-mm disc handling the rear. New Atlas, 5 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disks
Noun
  • Shot on film, the series intertwines landscapes, portraits, and fragments of everyday life, documenting the subtle connections between mother and daughter through the tender awareness of an imminent separation.
    PhotoVogue, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Divers must search a large swath of the sea floor looking for bone fragments or bits of clothing.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The parts were gradually lining up for a potential return to the five-piece Rumours-era roster.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The Mayo Clinic explains that it’s often not found until the cancer has already spread to multiple parts of the body.
    Alyce Collins, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • In the years since the acquisition, sections of that property were sold off, including a plot with a large log house Tobolowsky built for the family.
    Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Feature Film of a Director, ICFT-UNESCO Gandhi Medal and special sections such as Macabre Dreams, Docu-Montage, Experimental Films, UNICEF and Restored Classics.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • This includes much of Tennessee and Kentucky, southwestern West Virginia, far western portions of Virginia and North Carolina, northern Alabama, northeast Mississippi, northwest Georgia, as well as southern portions of Indiana and Ohio.
    Joe Edwards, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2025
  • In areas with heavy winter snowpacks, the snow acts as a great insulator, protecting the underground portions of the plant.
    Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The amount of space between garden soil particles is so minuscule that container plants struggle to send their roots into it and extract nutrients from it.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Its particles contain a uranium kernel wrapped in three layers of carbon and ceramic materials.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Avoid handling hot shards or surfaces.
    Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 9 Nov. 2025
  • Today, that can mean a stair railing sculpted from cast bronze or a chandelier made of 450 shards of selenite (both, by the way, are Henault commissions).
    Kathryn O’Shea-Evans, Robb Report, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • For those who don’t live in the region, mesquite chips used for grilling and smoking may be their only point of reference.
    Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The technology is intangible, but refreshingly physical in its reliance on nuts and bolts, chips, gas turbines — for which there is currently a seven-year waiting list for the unluckiest and least-important customers — and land.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Diddy would have been given the options of bran flakes, breakfast cake or bread with jelly.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Cook mustard greens with olive oil and spices like pepper flakes and garlic, then add vinegar or lemon juice to balance the bitterness.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 4 Nov. 2025

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“Disks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disks. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.

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