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dominoes

noun

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

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Noun

An aluminum plant near the laboratory instructed staff to wear masks as a precautionary measure.

— Tim Lister, CNN Money, 4 Oct. 2026
Monastic Jains filter water, wear cloth masks, and do not eat after dark to avoid ingesting insects.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of masks

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

Definition of mantas

Noun

Madonna then descended the stairs and removed her coat to reveal a red-and-black corset as dancers lifted her onto a table that rolled around a choir in the audience wearing white veils.

— Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
The last time the country buried a king, in 1991, Queen Sonja and her daughter Märtha Louise wore long, black veils.

— Filippo Iarocci, Vanity Fair, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of veils

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

Definition of mantillas

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Head coach Rick Tocchet mentioned afterward that the league had given a heads-up about this push — which focuses on everything from visors to neck guards to, of course, jerseys — a few weeks earlier.

— Matt Reigle OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Sep. 2026
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

Definition of visors

Noun

The rundown by Coveteur of fall 2026 outerwear trends also flags military jackets, shrunken lapels, capes and silk jackets as looks worth watching.

— Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 21 Sep. 2026
Coveteur reports other emerging outerwear looks this season include military jackets and shrunken lapels, along with capes and silk jackets.

— Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 21 Sep. 2026

Definition of capes

Noun

Razooli also starred, edited and made the costumes and props for Riddle of Fire.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026
Varga contributed costumes, props, sets and visual artwork to Gwar, which became infamous beyond the metal world for their grotesque (if good-natured) theatrics, which included disemboweling effigies of religious and political figures onstage.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of costumes

Noun

There were online comments galore about Paul Thomas Anderson and Benny Safdie sightings at Cameron Winter‘s show at Carnegie Hall last December, and how both of these name-brand auteurs were running around with Panavision rigs on their shoulders.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 2 Oct. 2026
This aligns the frame timing directly with professional broadcast switchers, genlock generators, and virtual production camera rigs, which is incredibly valuable if you are involved in live video production or broadcasting.

— Brian Westover, PC Magazine, 1 Oct. 2026

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