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domino

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as in mask

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Recent Examples of domino That means there may be — no, there likely will be — even one more high-profile domino to fall soon. — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2026 For every player moved, every domino that’s fallen as Leon Rose and his front-office staff have constructed the greatest roster in Knicks history. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 14 June 2026 That pocket of warm water then drifts eastward, weakening tropical trade winds, which has a domino-like effect on weather patterns throughout the world. — Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 3 June 2026 Ali recalled a place filled with laughter, domino games and familiar faces. — J.m. Banks june 1, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for domino

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Noun

Original architectural elements, including a small fragment of a fresco, the aforementioned mask fountain, and a Carrara marble staircase connecting the five floors, were restored.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Aug. 2026
Wearing a mask can help prevent transmission of respiratory diseases like Covid-19 by offering a buffer against infectious particles, the CDC says.

— Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of mask

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Divers captured video footage of Galápagos sharks approaching manta rays and deliberately rubbing parts of their bodies, especially their heads, gill regions and sides, against the mantas’ undersides.

— Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
The resident Manta Trust team has catalogued 150 individual rays and uses the world's first underwater contactless ultrasound scanner to check on pregnant mantas, while the Olive Ridley Project leads turtle research across Laamu Atoll.

— Jonny Bierman, Time, 12 Mar. 2026

Definition of manta

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For her wedding look, the singer wore a Victorian-style gown with a traditional veil and styled her hair half-up, half-down.

— Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
Phoebe wore an ethereal veil in her blonde hair, which was styled in a half-up, half-down hairdo with bouncy curls.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 28 July 2026

Definition of veil

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The connection to nature at Vista Celestial is truly profound, with wildlife waiting for you at the door—I'm not kidding, at one point, a capuchin monkey walked onto our patio to say hello.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 8 June 2026
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

Definition of capuchin

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In the Season 3 finale May 31, 2023, Coach Lasso (Jason Sudeikis) packed his visor and whistle and headed back to Kansas City to be with his son Henry after transforming the AFC Richmond team, owned by Rebecca Welton (Hannah Waddingham).

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Running Point star Song, 38, also channeled Perry, sporting a blue wig while adhering to the party’s other theme of golf in a pink visor and green pleated skirt.

— Kirsty Hatcher, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

Definition of visor

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The palatine tonsils are the ones seen at the back of the throat.

— Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2026
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

Definition of palatine

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Even when the target insect does spot a dragonfly pursuer, these sneaky hunters use a trick called motion camouflage to make their pursuit less obvious.

— Rachel Sargent Mirus, Hartford Courant, 3 Aug. 2026
Draft the note, remove the emotional camouflage, and say the part that actually needs to be heard.

— Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of camouflage

Noun

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
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

Definition of burnoose

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