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
Cleopatra was imprisoned in her palace, and legend has it that an ally brought her a basket of figs, and hidden within was the cobra that gave the Egyptian queen that fatal bite.
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Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Garten usually goes for pears, figs, apricots, and prunes, along with citrus zest, vanilla, cloves, and cinnamon to ensure every piece of fruit is soaked in sweet and spicy goodness.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2025
Blessed with tender skins and jammy interiors, fresh figs can offset the tang of tomatoes and bitterness of salad greens.
—Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
From grapes to figs to apples, fruit nail art took over this year.
—Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2025
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Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 24 Sep. 2025
Garten usually goes for pears, figs, apricots, and prunes, along with citrus zest, vanilla, cloves, and cinnamon to ensure every piece of fruit is soaked in sweet and spicy goodness.
—Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Sep. 2025
Blessed with tender skins and jammy interiors, fresh figs can offset the tang of tomatoes and bitterness of salad greens.
—Emily Saladino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
From grapes to figs to apples, fruit nail art took over this year.
—Sarah Y. Wu, Glamour, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fig
Noun
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Even for those in the North who didn’t care a damn for the four million held in brutal bondage, or those who wanted a soft, conciliatory approach, the war began to take on new and moral meaning.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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At the start, the project required building a damn to drain the water from the facade.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kershaw was on the winning end more often than not, but that didn’t mean the Giants didn’t also get in their licks.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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From bouncy dancehall riddims and hip-hop production inflections to tender country and western guitar licks, Treasure Self Love distills Iké’s wide range of childhood music into a succinct 11-track study of achieving wholeness by unflinchingly examining the darkest parts of your past.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The whit and the whoo are from different owls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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After 40 minutes, his energy hasn’t flagged a whit.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
2 July 2025
Noun
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Though married to Betty Jo (Jeanne Tripplehorn, a hoot in femme-fatale mode), Dale was rumored to be gay.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Milvia Marigliano is a hoot as Coco Vulori, an old dear friend with some very loud opinions to express, and maybe the key to helping DeSantis solve his wife’s onetime unfaithfulness.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
27 Aug. 2025
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“Fig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fig. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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