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Recent Examples of fillet
Don’t be afraid to order the fried snapper throats, an accidental favorite that began as a staff meal that made use of leftovers from filleting whole fish.
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Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Predictably, our fellows were filleted by Republicans, just as Republicans would have been filleted by Democrats.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
Not to be missed is any fresh fish Wagner filleted that day.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Poupart spent the next morning filleting the night’s catch, and preparing the fish for freezer storage to feed his family and community throughout the year.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 30 May 2025
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Chelsea Brasted, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026
Predictably, our fellows were filleted by Republicans, just as Republicans would have been filleted by Democrats.
—Joe Soucheray, Twin Cities, 7 Mar. 2026
Not to be missed is any fresh fish Wagner filleted that day.
—Usa Today Network, USA Today, 11 Feb. 2026
Poupart spent the next morning filleting the night’s catch, and preparing the fish for freezer storage to feed his family and community throughout the year.
—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fillet
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Fulani braids usually have a central braid or twist running down the middle of the head, with additional cornrows braided towards the sides.—
Omenaa Boakye,
InStyle,
9 June 2026
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There also lies the influence of Chilean essayist Pedro Lemebel, braided into Delgado Lopera’s narrative of a father, Ignacio; his 12-and-a-half-year-old daughter, Valentina; and his trans mother, Mamadora Eléctrica, inspired by the author’s own trans mother, Adela Vázquez.—
Laura Zornosa,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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Mesquite and acacia trees ribbon the lower elevations, while Douglas firs and ponderosa pine line the upper reaches.—
Staff Author,
Travel + Leisure,
1 May 2026
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Eager to make connections with important people, Kapoor invited mayors to ribbon cuttings and doled outmore than $100,000 in campaign checks from corporate accounts, about half of which went to a political committee supporting a losing candidate in this November’s Miami Beach mayoral race.—
Sarah Blaskey,
Miami Herald,
16 Dec. 2025
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With her hair perfectly feathered, Janice looked on beside her husband at a special event honoring Muhammad Ali in 1979.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
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This new haircut keeps the main length while cutting in thick bangs that hit equidistance from her brows and hairline, feathered lightly to take away any density or heaviness.—
Mykenna Maniece,
Vogue,
29 May 2026
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The Rockies’ climb to being a postseason team figures to be long and steep, but just how long and how steep depends on the route that Paul DePodesta, Josh Byrnes and company take.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
8 June 2026
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At just 5-5, the team still is figuring things out now that Clark is back full time.—
David Troy OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
8 June 2026
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Today, that plant is one of thousands on the grounds, a place where monarch ferns frill around the auburn necks of melinonii philodendrons and buttercream and magenta orchids hang like pendants from a jabuticabeira, its spreading copper limbs blistered with purple fruit.—
Michael Snyder Pedro Kok,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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The collection, which will surely be talked about as the best of the entire week, was an unflinching reminder that a serious depth of femininity — the frilled, bedazzled, artistic kind — should never be mistaken for weakness.—
Gabrielle Korn,
refinery29.com,
13 Feb. 2020
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Pelley laced into Bilton during the meeting, according to an audio recording obtained by NBC News and a source who was in the room.—
Daniel Arkin,
NBC news,
3 June 2026
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By virtue of sweeping both the Cavs and the Philadelphia 76ers, the Eastern Conference champs haven’t laced up (for a game) in nine days; the Spurs ended the Oklahoma City Thunder’s season just this past Saturday.—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 June 2026
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Bryan Reynolds jumped on a hanging first-pitch curveball and lined it 422 feet into the left-field stands.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
10 June 2026
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Many families struggle to make ends meet, and economic uncertainty hangs over nearly every aspect of daily life.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 June 2026
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It should not be embroidered on such articles as cushions or handkerchiefs and the like, printed or otherwise impressed on paper napkins or boxes or anything that is designed for temporary use and discarded.—
Darleene Powells,
Boston Herald,
10 June 2026
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Drawing upon Saidiya Hartman’s methodology of critical fabulation, Raphaël Barontini, Andrea Chung, Aline Motta, and Tshepiso Morop offer works that don’t so much reconstruct the truth as embroider the space around it with dreams of possibility.—
The Editors of ARTnews,
ARTnews.com,
10 June 2026
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“Fillet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fillet. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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