fin

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Recent Examples of fin Each fin features quotations cherry-picked from a century of glowing Phantom press reviews. Howard Walker, Robb Report, 22 Oct. 2025 Host of the dinner, Lauren Santo Domingo, also went strapless in a minimalist column by The Row with a fin of seam allowance decorating the back. Miles Socha, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025 He can be seen holding his hands up above his head to mimic a shark fin. Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025 The first, HydroFlexor, paddles across water with fin-like motions. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fin
Noun
  • That Bezos up on stage bore a strong resemblance to the one who attended high school in Miami.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But the photo editor on duty in the AP’s Saigon bureau the day it was taken in 1972, Carl Robinson, now says Út was not the one who took the celebrated photo.
    Maria Fontoura, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The ongoing mayhem at airports is of particular concern in November as Thanksgiving approaches, with tens of millions of Americans expected to travel for the holiday.
    Jasmine Laws, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Mamdani’s campaign registered tens of thousands of new Democrats to support him in the primary and stop the Cuomo campaign.
    David Weigel, semafor.com, 5 Nov. 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
  • By the following year, the FBI had recovered millions of dollars extorted from Colonial Pipeline by Darkside.
    Charlotte Reck, CNN Money, 9 Nov. 2025
  • What makes a lasagna recipe worth a million dollars?
    Lizzy Briskin, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • At five-on-five, Hughes made huge strides as a needle-mover, setting up shots and scoring chances for his teammates at a high level.
    The Athletic NHL, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Kit Kats and Snickers round out the top five, taking fourth and fifth place respectively.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Sep. 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
  • This can be a good way to find a lower-cost option, such as a neighborhood kid looking to earn a few extra bucks.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025
  • And so, in a sense, the buck stops with her.
    Belinda Luscombe, Time, 10 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • For those who don’t live in the region, mesquite chips used for grilling and smoking may be their only point of reference.
    Suzanne Wright, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025
  • The technology is intangible, but refreshingly physical in its reliance on nuts and bolts, chips, gas turbines — for which there is currently a seven-year waiting list for the unluckiest and least-important customers — and land.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 11 Nov. 2025

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“Fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fin. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.

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