dominoes

variants or dominos
plural of domino

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Recent Examples of dominoes Noah began building with dominoes in 2022 after watching popular YouTubers construct elaborate, large-scale domino structures and set-ups and knock them down in showstopping chain reactions. Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 15 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dominoes
Noun
  • Stores couldn’t keep toilet paper, masks or hand sanitizer on shelves.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Days before the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art officially opens, protesters from the Fair Games Coalition — wearing Jedi robes and Jar Jar Binks masks and carrying lightsabers — rallied together outside the new museum.
    Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • From roughly October through March, higher concentrations of plankton can attract larger groups of mantas but make the water cloudier.
    Sarah Bruning, Travel + Leisure, 27 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Noun
  • Their heads are covered in waist-length teal veils, and black canvas work aprons cover their gray habits.
    Adora Namigadde, NPR, 23 July 2026
  • With diagnostic precision, shifting baseline syndrome puts a name on something that most of us have experienced—the ways in which the fog of forgetting veils experience.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Noun
  • Some of the women had their hair covered in lace mantillas, an old Catholic custom.
    Jane Arraf, NPR, 23 June 2026
  • At the funeral for Pope Francis in April, Jill Biden, Queen Letizia of Spain, Princess Charlene of Monaco and Queen Rania of Jordan were among the high-profile royals and global dignitaries who wore mantillas with their mourning attire.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • City chic couples clad in James Perse T-shirts and Tkees slides, golfers donning Titleist visors, business execs, and island-hopping world travelers can be spotted here.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Other model-specific details include Union Jacks embossed onto the sun visors, an Earls Court 1951 logo stitched into the headrests, and a wooden gear shifter.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Brown minidresses, rompers, and capes can feel sultry with black accessories, or playfully retro with all white.
    Kelsey Stiegman, Glamour, 8 Sep. 2026
  • And for holiday, Browne updated his black tie offerings with new dresses, capes and sport coats.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Because JonBenét had won several child beauty pageants, images of her in makeup and garish costumes created a spectacle around the case (which is still unsolved), and around the Ramseys.
    Kate Aurthur, Variety, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The museum’s inaugural exhibition, Star Wars in Motion, showcases vehicles, costumes—including Princess Leia’s—props, and artwork from the first six films.
    Paul Chi, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • This saves a lot of weight and cuts costs in comparison to complete slide-in campers, creating a more versatile way of turning even small trucks into capable camping rigs.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Physical test rigs to study fluid movement The team has also set up physical test rigs to study fluid movement and heat dissipation under realistic conditions.
    Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026

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“Dominoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dominoes. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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