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Recent Examples of eddy
Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
As a result, other stray digital ephemera are sucked into this eddying body—fashion photos of NBA baller Chris Paul, a random clip of someone’s dad—all of them in conversation with one another.
—Jason Parham, Wired, 14 Feb. 2020
IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
After divorcing his ex-husband several years ago, the eddies of his relational whirlwinds have slowed, and the currents of his music career have gathered pace.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
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Noun
The crowd eddied, some with batons dancing concentrically around the wheel of fire, others collecting around two young men in white.
—Aatish Taseer, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2023
As a result, other stray digital ephemera are sucked into this eddying body—fashion photos of NBA baller Chris Paul, a random clip of someone’s dad—all of them in conversation with one another.
—Jason Parham, Wired, 14 Feb. 2020
Verb
Highly nonlinear filaments, vortices and eddies start forming patterns and structured networks.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 June 2025
After divorcing his ex-husband several years ago, the eddies of his relational whirlwinds have slowed, and the currents of his music career have gathered pace.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 20 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for eddy
Noun
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Warm, spiced, and enveloping, this candle infers a pumpkin bread baking in the oven, rich with cinnamon, heady clove, and a swirl of creamy vanilla.—
Michael Stefanov,
Robb Report,
14 Oct. 2025
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The out-of-character cancellations caused the rumor mill to whip into overdrive, and Parton addressed the swirl directly by sharing a video of herself recorded today on the set of a commercial shoot for the Grand Ole Opry.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Smithsonian museums and the National Zoo will close to the public starting Sunday if the federal government shutdown continues, another visible sign of how the budget impasse in Congress is beginning to ripple across everyday life.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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In these cases, a minimalistic decoy approach with some rippling or swimming decoys for motion is better.—
Alex Robinson,
Outdoor Life,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The three-minute reel gave fans a peek behind the velvet curtain — from Swift diving into the stage trap door to hiding in the now-iconic cleaning cart before each show.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
13 Oct. 2025
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And to see Dalibor Dvorsky setting up Otto Stenberg — or vice versa — for a highlight-reel goal.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Bake until bubbling around edges and marshmallows are browned, 25 to 30 minutes.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
15 Oct. 2025
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Further up the avenue, Claudie channels the South of France, complete with a bubbling fountain in its picturesque courtyard, while across the street, seductive spot Felice dishes up excellent pasta and tiramisu.—
Sara Liss,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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All particles also have a property called helicity, which is their spin relative to their direction of motion.—
Paul Sutter,
Space.com,
14 Oct. 2025
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The humanoid also nails a couple of spins and launches a few punches.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Raw, sweaty, and steeped in debauchery, the track chronicles a spiral of booze, heartbreak, and nights lost in a haze of resistol fumes, all layered with his signature gritty rap flow.—
Tere Aguilera,
Billboard,
10 Oct. 2025
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So naturally, hitting my seventh shot from the fairway sparked a spiral.—
Gabby Herzig,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Verb
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This disconnect may also trickle into relationships, with 29% of parents admitting raising kids has caused tension with their partner.—
Melissa Willets,
Parents,
10 Oct. 2025
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But then Andrés Giménez’s one-hopper kicked off Chisholm’s glove and trickled behind second base, allowing the runners to reach the corners.—
Brendan Kuty,
New York Times,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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But if the exponential curves falter, the bets—which now entangle most of the world’s most valuable companies—might cost a lot more than one company, and threaten the entire economy.—
Andrew R. Chow,
Time,
10 Oct. 2025
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For those who are more into curves than angles, the Bialetti Moon takes all the functional elements of the moka stovetop espresso maker and subdues them with a rounded stainless steel silhouette.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
10 Oct. 2025
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“Eddy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/eddy. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.
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