fin

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Recent Examples of fin The first, HydroFlexor, paddles across water with fin-like motions. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025 That, along with the currents and topography of the area, provides a plethora of small fish, which in turn draws a variety of whale species, including minke, fin, humpback, and even beluga whales. Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 The strange thing about this is that a completely different genetic program activates the exact same genes in roughly the same location during the formation of fin rays. John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 2025 Our fish farm worked beautifully right up until the NewCoral molted, growing fins and fangs and one rocky fin, terrorizing the coastline and hunting the NewFish almost to NewExtinction. Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fin
Noun
  • Instead of always purchasing plastic water bottles while sightseeing, bring a reusable water bottle with you, like this one from LifeStraw.
    Asia London Palomba, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Asked directly whether there were points over the last 20 years when moments like this one seemed tenuous, MacLellan brought up the aftermath of the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs.
    Sean Gentille, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • That kind of skeuomorphism—the design of a digital interface to resemble a physical one, by, for example, adding a faux-metal texture to a calculator app—has been out of fashion for more than a decade, ever since Apple moved away from it in the early twenty-tens.
    Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The video, which has racked up tens of millions of views on social media, was widely interpreted as mocking the death of Kirk, who was assassinated by a shot through the neck last month.
    Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 22 Oct. 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
  • Brown’s descendants, and their spouses, are responsible for pumping hundreds of millions of dollars into the community and spending countless hours serving on local nonprofit boards.
    Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Officials have argued the government shutdown hinders the Department of Agriculture's ability to distribute additional dollars.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 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
  • But most deer versus vehicle crashes are the result of breeding season, when bucks are active and increasing their movement.
    Craig Shoup, Nashville Tennessean, 27 Oct. 2025
  • At a few hundred bucks a piece, the out-of-pocket cost would have added up fast.
    Bram Sable-Smith, NPR, 27 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Additionally, the letter calls on Congressional support for the European Union to overturn its ban on Sulfuryl Fluoride, a pesticide used to fumigate Southern Yellow Pine wood chips on breakbulk cargo ships.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Fold in 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips.
    Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Fin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fin. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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