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Recent Examples of fins
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.
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Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
The sharks are another story — their flesh is not well regarded and is often given away, while its fins are considered poor quality for the global shark fin trade.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025
The sharks are another story — their flesh is not well regarded and is often given away, while its fins are considered poor quality for the global shark fin trade.
—Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fins
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Perhaps the most important stream of influence on the president is his endlessly rolling call list — to old friends and world leaders, and often to the CEOs of US companies, from old allies in the real estate business to new ones like Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Burrow gets them out of bad looks and into good ones.—
Michael Salfino,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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The program is open to eligible participants from counties in the eastern Upper Peninsula and the west side of the state to parts of metro Detroit, and has garnered tens of millions in public and private dollars as well as bipartisan interest from lawmakers.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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The House Oversight Committee last month released tens of thousands of pages of records tied to Epstein’s prosecution, including a handwritten note mentioning Trump among the names listed in a birthday letter collection for Epstein.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
6 Oct. 2025
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More than 100 international TV series and formats, animation, feature films and documentaries in various stages of the production cycle will be pitched to hundreds of top execs this week in the Eternal City, underscoring the growing influence of the pre-Mipcom boutique event.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
7 Oct. 2025
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It’s called permafrost, and in central Alaska just south of the Arctic circle, this ice-cold layer reaches hundreds of feet below the tundra.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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With the imposition of trade tariffs, the price of steel, semiconductor chips, and avocados goes up.—
Ganesh Marín,
The Dial,
7 Oct. 2025
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Nvidia is supplying the capital to buy its chips.—
Lim Hui Jie,
CNBC,
7 Oct. 2025
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The program is open to eligible participants from counties in the eastern Upper Peninsula and the west side of the state to parts of metro Detroit, and has garnered tens of millions in public and private dollars as well as bipartisan interest from lawmakers.—
Nushrat Rahman,
Freep.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Instead, the city is considering a public safety referendum, giving voters a chance to authorize the city to collect more tax dollars for a high-profile, high-demand portion of its budget.—
Jim Riccioli,
jsonline.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Fins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fins. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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