dominoes

noun

variants or dominos
plural of domino
1
as in masks

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as in capuchins

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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
  1. masks
  2. mantas
  3. veils
  4. mantillas
  5. visors
  6. capes
  7. costumes
  8. rigs
Noun
  • But that winning record masks the fact that this Argentina team has flirted with elimination on more than one occasion.
    — Ben Church, CNN Money, 19 July 2026
  • On this day, four guests — clad in masks, snorkels, flippers, and dressed in all black to reduce the risk of being confused for a fish by the sharks — clung onto a safety line and watched as the silky sharks encircled them.
    — Kate Waxman, Sun Sentinel, 19 July 2026
Definition of masks
Noun
  • 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
  • The mantas are still spotted in May and October, but in fewer numbers.
    — Taylor McIntyre, Travel + Leisure, 5 Oct. 2025
Definition of mantas
Noun
  • 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
  • The veils of the universe have thinned.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 21 June 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
Noun
  • 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
  • Shnaider’s parents were concerned that the fair-haired daughter would get sunburned on the courts, but caps and visors reportedly obstructed her view.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 4 June 2026
Definition of visors
Noun
  • Families, friends and members of the community cheered for about 50 children during the parade, some decked out in Viking helmets and capes, while others sported the blue and yellow colors of the Swedish flag with floral crowns in their hair.
    — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Revellers in Knicks capes pleaded their cases fruitlessly.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 20 June 2026
Definition of capes
Noun
  • Meanwhile, the mom-of-four—who also shares son Luca, 14, with ex-husband Mike Comrie, as well as daughters Mae, 5, and Townes, 2, with Koma—traded her sparkly on-stage costumes for a white tank top and light gray sweatpants.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 20 July 2026
  • Zoe De La Paz began sewing costumes as a hobby in high school.
    — Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 19 July 2026
Definition of costumes
Noun
  • As miners switch off rigs, the network's hashrate has slid, and some say the security cost is being waved away.
    — Boaz Sobrado, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
  • The more costly and time-consuming methods involve humans wearing teleoperation rigs to directly guide a robot’s physical motions in training or running many experimental trials with robots in labs or other environments.
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 7 July 2026
Definition of rigs

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