fin

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Recent Examples of fin The nods to history continue in the guestrooms, where vintage leather pommel horses serve as benches and wrought iron and rich wood accents evoke a fin-de-siècle opulence. Kate Kassin, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Sep. 2025 In nature, this might be a pheromone trail, a bird’s warning call, or the flick of a fish’s fin. Scott Hutcheson, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025 Written by Samy Burch (2023’s May December), the script transplants the action from fin de siècle Vienna to modern-day New York, where Dafoe’s Ed Saxberger has spent 37 years working at the post office, living a quiet and anonymous but not unhappy life. Shannon L. Bowen, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025 These vintage elements blend seamlessly with the modern aesthetic of Milanese designer Andrea Auletta, who sought to maintain Hotel Gabrielli’s fin de siècle atmosphere, while creating a look that’s firmly rooted in the present day. Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fin
Noun
  • The firms and governments that treat CCU as a strategic imperative today will be the ones shaping tomorrow’s markets.
    Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Since pivoting from black and pinto beans to roasted and ground ones, Niccol has been trying to reverse Starbucks’s falling sales by returning to its coffeehouse origins.
    Molly Liebergall, Fortune, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The South Korean workers' treatment stands in stark contrast to the experiences of tens of thousands of Mexicans, Venezuelans and Guatemalans who face months in jail-like detention centers before being forcibly deported.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Speaking at an Africa climate summit, Ruto said climate inaction was costing tens of thousands of lives, compounding development challenges for the world’s poorest nations after massive international aid cuts.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • He is joined by six of his players — many more will join by half-time, arriving in ones and twos, shuffling over the teal concrete — and by assorted members of the Xavier clan, all wearing colourful training kit.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2025
  • Like the ones will go against the ones, ones will go against the twos, so everybody basically gets to see everybody on the roster at some point on the field.
    Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • This agreement aims to bolster collaboration between the two nations' trillion-dollar tech sectors, enhancing opportunities for businesses and consumers on both sides of the Atlantic.
    Jarrett Renshaw, USA Today, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Economic response The trillions of dollars in revenue earned annually from the region’s oil and gas exports are strategically invested in global assets, which partially leverages the region’s soft power to secure influence in the world’s key decision-making centers.
    Mostafa Salem, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jackson’s contract is roughly market value for backup centers, perhaps even on the lower end for one of the better reserve fives in the league.
    Tony East, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2025
  • The Sabres had a 16-10 advantage in scoring chances with him on the ice at five-on-five.
    Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • For the record, the Aztec Room & Patio can accommodate some 200 visitors, and yes, that 19-foot ceiling is genuine 18-karat--nary a pre-Depression sawbuck was spared when constructing this masterpiece.
    David Weiss, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
  • In most cases, $10 above the single-Mac price gets you three licenses; another sawbuck raises that to five.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 15 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Ukrainians manufacture them, for only a few hundred bucks each, in warehouses and home garages throughout the country.
    Ken Harbaugh, The Atlantic, 15 Sep. 2025
  • CarGurus Intelligence Report Average new vehicle prices rose only about a hundred bucks between July and August from $49,400 to $49,500, according the Car Gurus August 2025 Intelligence Report released Thursday.
    Ed Garsten, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The chain also offers side items such as chips and fruit, and cookies as a dessert option.
    Gabe Hauari, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025
  • OpenAI has made several other billion-dollar deals recently, including $10 billion to develop custom AI chips with Broadcom.
    Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025

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“Fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fin. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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