as in beauty
something very good of its kind
while the old crooner is now well past his prime, Grandma still harkens back to the "daisy of a performance" he could give in his heyday
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Recent Examples of daisy
Additional programs include a mandala art and dot painting class, a painting English roses and daisies class and Latin dance.
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
Related Stories Liu’s dress, styled by Lee Harris, came from Monique Lhuillier and featured white and yellow daisy appliqués scattered across a square-neck bodice and full black tulle skirt.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 June 2025
Here, a hypothetical planet modeled after Earth contains two types of daisies: black daisies that absorb light and warm the planet, and white daisies that reflect light and cool the planet.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2025
After all, some communities don’t even allow trucks in the driveway after 6 p.m., nevermind dead bodies pushing up the daisies.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 June 2025
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Michelle Mullins, Chicago Tribune, 28 July 2025
Related Stories Liu’s dress, styled by Lee Harris, came from Monique Lhuillier and featured white and yellow daisy appliqués scattered across a square-neck bodice and full black tulle skirt.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 7 June 2025
Here, a hypothetical planet modeled after Earth contains two types of daisies: black daisies that absorb light and warm the planet, and white daisies that reflect light and cool the planet.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 13 May 2025
After all, some communities don’t even allow trucks in the driveway after 6 p.m., nevermind dead bodies pushing up the daisies.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 21 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for daisy
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The beauty there is that since peer support is a carve-out, perhaps their AI is no longer within scope.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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With Hasan in Gaza is an aching witness to the beauty of this land and the struggle of its people, neither of which may soon be recognizable at all.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Aug. 2025
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Running the largest sports media company in the world is a dream job for Pitaro, a lifelong Yankees fan who named one of his dogs Jeter (as in Derek).—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
13 Aug. 2025
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An original work set in the world of 1950s ping pong culture, the film tells the story of Marty Mauser (Chalamet), a young man with a dream no one respects, who goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
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The solipsism of low self-esteem is one of the wonders of the human psyche.—
Vivian Gornick,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
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Alves devoted part of that speech to the wonders of this country by providing the blessings of freedom and opportunity to people like him.—
Kevin Rennie,
Hartford Courant,
16 Aug. 2025
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Themes Woven from Everyday Wonder Rather than searching for drama, Bone Flute leans into the quiet marvels of everyday experience.—
Nia Bowers,
USA Today,
12 Aug. 2025
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On Helgoland, researchers presented a parade of technological marvels that all depend on the quantum math of Heisenberg and Schrödinger.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
8 Aug. 2025
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The trailer opens by introducing Clara and her family, which includes her parents and her aunt and uncle, who were all each other's high school sweethearts.—
Emily Blackwood,
People.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Since Moss was drafted in the third round by the Buffalo Bills in 2020, his college sweetheart never missed.—
Paul Dehner Jr,
New York Times,
29 July 2025
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“Daisy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/daisy. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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