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dominoes

noun

variants or dominos
plural of domino
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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
  • 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
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
  • 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
  • Their heads are covered in waist-length teal veils, and black canvas work aprons cover their gray habits.
    — Adora Namigadde, NPR, 23 July 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
  • 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
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
  • 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
Definition of costumes
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
Definition of rigs

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“Dominoes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dominoes. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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