as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
they choose to live modestly and don't seem to give a fig for the trappings of success
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Recent Examples of fig
Another strong option is the Brown Turkey fig.
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Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 16 Mar. 2026
Look for fruiting fig varieties that are ideal for containers and can fruit year-round indoors.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
The newest offering from Michelle Pfeiffer’s perfume line is a sheer, fig-forward musk that smells effortlessly sexy and cool.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026
Don’t fertilize fig trees, pomegranate, pineapple guava, tropical guava and loquat, Instead, mulch them with a 3-inch-thick layer of coarse wood mulch.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
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Rae Ford, Martha Stewart, 16 Mar. 2026
Look for fruiting fig varieties that are ideal for containers and can fruit year-round indoors.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Mar. 2026
The newest offering from Michelle Pfeiffer’s perfume line is a sheer, fig-forward musk that smells effortlessly sexy and cool.
—Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 9 Mar. 2026
Don’t fertilize fig trees, pomegranate, pineapple guava, tropical guava and loquat, Instead, mulch them with a 3-inch-thick layer of coarse wood mulch.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fig
Noun
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What is emerging instead is a stewardship model that treats vital ecosystems, like coral reefs, as dynamic systems requiring maintenance, repair, and adaptation, much like roads, damns, and power grids.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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My parents have no idea what’s happening because legacy media is not reporting on anything worth a damn.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There is not a lick of exaggeration in that statement.—
Scott Hocker,
TheWeek,
24 Mar. 2026
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The biggest lick, or score, was often jewelry, gold pieces that the woman could melt down into untraceable bars the length and width of a credit card, the thickness of a bar of chocolate.—
Alex Morris,
Rolling Stone,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Moreover, Trump cares not a whit about bringing drug traffickers to justice.—
Peter Kornbluh,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Theroux is a hoot as the cult fixer with a past, thoroughly having a blast as this mysterious guy whose shaky history is about to catch up with him.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
12 Mar. 2026
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Say those owls are like four, five hundred yards away, and your owl hoot makes those owls take off or start hooting.—
Natalie Krebs,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Fig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fig. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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