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
Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2025
Next, the chicken takes a dip in flour, egg and breadcrumbs before getting fried until golden brown.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Aim for a savory dish by adding an egg or avocado on top.
—Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 30 Dec. 2025
Aim for bland, easy-to-digest foods: Carbs like toast, oatmeal, or rice
Protein like eggs or yogurt
Potassium-rich foods like bananas
If solid food sounds unbearable, a smoothie or broth still counts.
—Ciara Lucas, SELF, 30 Dec. 2025
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Noun
Tomorrow morning, New Yorkers across the five boroughs will be nursing their hangovers, mumbling bacon, egg, and cheese orders—and welcoming a new mayor.
—Jocelyn Silver, Vogue, 31 Dec. 2025
Next, the chicken takes a dip in flour, egg and breadcrumbs before getting fried until golden brown.
—The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025
Aim for a savory dish by adding an egg or avocado on top.
—Vanessa Caceres, Verywell Health, 30 Dec. 2025
Aim for bland, easy-to-digest foods: Carbs like toast, oatmeal, or rice
Protein like eggs or yogurt
Potassium-rich foods like bananas
If solid food sounds unbearable, a smoothie or broth still counts.
—Ciara Lucas, SELF, 30 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egg
Noun
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Earlier that evening, Garden Grove police had been contacted by the Santa Ana Police Department, which was investigating a possible missing-person case after the woman failed to report to work, police said.—
Sydney Barragan,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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The occasional person on a walk or shopper at one of the barely dozen stores still open, but the sound inside the mall is mostly just silence.—
Tori Apodaca,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Chargers blockers failed to solve a few stunts, The Patriots whipped them on straight-up rushes, too.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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Absinthe 1 egg white Add all ingredients to a cocktail shaker and shake briefly without ice to whip the egg.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
10 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Georgia grows tired of her husband and their nightly trips to the fancy French restaurant and decides to have an affair with another man at another table (Alan Howard).—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
9 Jan. 2026
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Minutes later, police received a call from a different location from a man who said he’d been shot by federal officers and was requesting help, according to Day and dispatch audio.—
Lex Harvey,
CNN Money,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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And dehydration—which tends to shoot up during the winter thanks in part to the drier air—can also spur hunger pangs and cravings if your body misinterprets the signals.—
Caroline Tien,
SELF,
15 Jan. 2026
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By 2024, police said street racing events were becoming more dangerous and often spurred other crimes like gun sales and gambling.—
Karen Kucher,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The woman running the daycare had attempted life-saving measures on the child before emergency services arrived, First Alert 4 reported.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
10 Jan. 2026
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Those on the right, determined to make the case that this was an officer killing in self-defense, should instead be beginning with this utter failure to protect the life of a civilian protester and de-escalate the situation through some means other than shooting a fellow American in the head.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
10 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Dejected and weary, clutching a bag of bread, Pedro walked with a fist pressed to his mouth.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Jan. 2026
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In a roughly two-hour hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building, Democrats also pressed him on budget cuts to science agencies and the administration’s push to limit state-level AI rules.—
Jenna Ahart,
Scientific American,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Wouldn’t be surprised if a few cheerleaders and equipment guys are looking to leave, too.—
Mac Engel
January 9,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Jan. 2026
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The guy in the back seat with me was just, like, trying to strike up small talk.—
Susan-Elizabeth Littlefield,
CBS News,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Kate says when Laurie prods her to speak her mind.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Jan. 2026
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The moment in 1997 when the esoteric holiday left the closed confines of the television writer’s memories of an atypical adolescence and slipped into the world via Hollywood producers took place as he was cornered in a booth with his colleagues prodding him to spill the beans.—
Kevin Dolak,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Dec. 2025
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“Egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egg. Accessed 17 Jan. 2026.
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