as in person
a member of the human race
kindhearted and generous, she's a real good egg by anyone's standard
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Recent Examples of egg
Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
Scratching high on the bridge, Werner’s splintering fiddle calls to mind the slow, magical hatching of an egg.
—Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026
Customers shop for eggs at an H-E-B grocery store on May 11, 2026 in Austin, Texas.
—Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 22 May 2026
Fresh Eggs As a fifth-generation chicken farmer, Steele knows her eggs.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2026
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Noun
There’s Melan Allen’s The Eggsibition, where ceramic eggs cover the walls around a giant yolk laid atop a hospital bed; or Paal Anand’s piece about an IED explosion and veterans who commit suicide after returning from war.
—Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 22 May 2026
Scratching high on the bridge, Werner’s splintering fiddle calls to mind the slow, magical hatching of an egg.
—Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 22 May 2026
Customers shop for eggs at an H-E-B grocery store on May 11, 2026 in Austin, Texas.
—Brandon Gomez, CNBC, 22 May 2026
Fresh Eggs As a fifth-generation chicken farmer, Steele knows her eggs.
—Katlyn Moncada, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egg
Noun
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The Wolf figured out how to ascend; a person just had to think, to show courage, and to work for the goal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
26 May 2026
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One person has been taken to the hospital for shock.—
Adam England,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
Verb
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The wind whipped her face and her little legs stretched higher and higher, pulling her into orbit.—
Rob Picheta,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
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Last month, as a steady, pre-rainy season wind whipped off the Atlantic Ocean, the sounds of samba, morna and jazz filled the streets.—
Ricci Shryock,
NPR,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Utility man Santiago Espinal, whom the Dodgers claimed on waivers and broke out in spring training, was designated for assignment to make room on the roster.—
Liana Handler,
Los Angeles Times,
26 May 2026
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At some point, the two men got into an argument over whether Mercedes or BMW produced better cars, per MLive.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
26 May 2026
Verb
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The rise of K-pop rapper Jackson Wang, who was a competitive fencer before turning his attention to music, has also spurred awareness of the sport among Gen Z and Gen Alpha.—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
28 May 2026
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This rising use of AI has principally been spurred by the evolving advances and widespread adoption of generative AI.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Noun
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After all, most of the character’s details do not match my partner’s real life.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 May 2026
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Established in 1994, the Barca Foundation has been praised for its work globally — using sport and educational programmes to improve the lives of vulnerable children.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
27 May 2026
Verb
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If there ever was a sign for a state to press the pause button, what happened last Thursday was it.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
28 May 2026
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Measure flour onto a plate; then press each fillet into flour for light coating on both sides.—
Judy Bart Kancigor,
Oc Register,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Everyone thinks Jared Bednar is a great guy.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
27 May 2026
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The club adding Caleb Durbin as the final infield piece made some sense at the time — and to be fair, his defense has been elite — but even a best-case scenario would’ve had him as maybe a 10 or 15 home run guy who legged out a lot of doubles, not the kind of thumper the Red Sox needed.—
Gabrielle Starr,
Boston Herald,
26 May 2026
Verb
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What that means for the Rays’ Tampa stadium prospects is not clear, but Orlando already finds itself being used to prod the process along.—
Ryan Gillespie,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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The problem is that this is misleadingly planting dour ideas in my head and could prod me into a worse mental condition.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2026
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“Egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egg. Accessed 31 May. 2026.
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