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Recent Examples of domino
That extra dot—also called a pellet or domino—is what makes the coin so rare and could even double its value at auction.
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2026
The trade of Nimmo has been just one domino in a turbulent offseason for the Mets, which has also seen the departure of two other fan-favorites, first baseman Pete Alonso and closer Edwin Diaz.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
The niche tiles used by domino artists come in a rainbow of colors and various opacities.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 Dec. 2025
Suarez represents the last major domino to fall in a robust market for free agent closers.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 7 Jan. 2026
The trade of Nimmo has been just one domino in a turbulent offseason for the Mets, which has also seen the departure of two other fan-favorites, first baseman Pete Alonso and closer Edwin Diaz.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
The niche tiles used by domino artists come in a rainbow of colors and various opacities.
—Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 Dec. 2025
Suarez represents the last major domino to fall in a robust market for free agent closers.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for domino
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After the killings in Minnesota, Democrats have threatened to block further funding unless the Administration agrees to impose modest restraints on agents’ conduct, such as forcing them to remove their masks and raising the legal bar for the use of warrants.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
1 Feb. 2026
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However, some people present that day, glimpsed in COVID masks — such as the man beneath the van and a nurse reaching out to check on him for lengthy periods — don’t show up themselves.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
1 Feb. 2026
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The whale shark, one of only three filter-feeding sharks and the largest fish in the ocean, and the manta and devil rays have joined the list that offers the strictest restrictions on trade, called Appendix I. Whale sharks are at risk from overfishing as well as being struck by ships.—
Gareth J. Fraser,
The Conversation,
12 Dec. 2025
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The researchers believe the mantas are using nature's cues such as changes in magnetic field strength, oxygen concentration, temperature and light to navigate themselves onto the right path for the next days' travel.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 Oct. 2025
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Early slayers often originate between realms—people who have been near death and pulled back, or have the markings of potential vampires, or who are born at times of the year when the veil between worlds is thin.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
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Sometimes the veil of nanlaban fell.—
Sean Williams,
Harpers Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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Shawnee has a special permit carved out for Frankie, a capuchin monkey that’s lived in a pet store for nearly two decades.—
Taylor O'Connor,
Kansas City Star,
16 Dec. 2025
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The animals sent back included 11 lemurs, an albino Burmese python, giraffes, a pack of sheep, a pair of sacred ibises, two llamas, tamarins, a kookaburra, a gibbon, capuchins, several parrots, three ground hornbills, three cockatoos, a serval, a Poitou donkey, and a macaw.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
27 Nov. 2025
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The driver’s side sun visor is beginning to droop a bit, perhaps an inch or so from the normal up position.—
John Paul Senior Manager Public Affairs And Traffic Safety Aaa Northeast,
Hartford Courant,
24 Jan. 2026
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In one, a man wearing a helmet with a visor can be seen firing a machine gun at a crowd of people about 30 yards away across a square.—
Marin Scott,
NBC news,
14 Jan. 2026
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Agents wearing camouflage vests were seen going in and out of the warehouse.—
Dan Raby,
CBS News,
28 Jan. 2026
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The vehicle, as tends to be the case with teases like this, is covered in a camouflage wrap, its still possible to make out some intriguing details.—
Bryan Hood,
Robb Report,
27 Jan. 2026
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During the Thirty Years’ War, military enterprisers included such figures as Ernst von Mansfeld, who raised an army for the elector palatine, and Albrecht von Wallenstein, who offered his services to Ferdinand II, the Holy Roman emperor.—
Allison Stanger,
Foreign Affairs,
16 June 2015
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For her label Anissa Aida, designer Anissa Meddeb, who lives in the capital, makes gossamer silk blouses evoking the striped motif of handwoven fouta towels and voluminous coats inspired by the burnoose cloaks worn by Berbers.—
Sarah Khan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Feb. 2020
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On a rainy day men wore winter-weight burnooses with the large hoods drawn up—enigmatic Jedi-like figures in the medina's alleyways.—
Klara Glowczewska,
Town & Country,
30 Mar. 2015
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“Domino.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/domino. Accessed 4 Feb. 2026.
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