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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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Green said several pet-friendly shelters are open, including ones at Waialua High and Intermediate, Wahiawā District Park, Nānākuli High and Intermediate, and Kahuku Elementary.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
21 Mar. 2026
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The good ones merely mean to entertain.—
Peter Tonguette,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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By the late twenty-tens, the town had become a major destination.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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Hundreds tell us they've been blindsided with bills reaching tens of thousands of dollars.—
Mahsa Saeidi,
CBS News,
20 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Since then, space access has become less of a contest, with hundreds of countries working together, said Geoff Notkin, former president of the National Space Society, a space advocacy nonprofit.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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Meanwhile, Hezbollah has fired hundreds of rockets into Israel.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Mar. 2026
Noun
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In-room mini bars feature sodas and Topo Chico, and snacks include chips and Tate’s chocolate chip cookies.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
19 Mar. 2026
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In case these weren’t enough reasons to buy this staple on repeat, here are a few of my favorite ways to improve the party with a bag of chips.—
Anna Hezel,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
19 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At the height of the space race, NASA received the equivalent of about $40 billion a year in today's dollars.—
Sarah D. Wire,
USA Today,
23 Mar. 2026
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While shallow-water dives currently cost around US$150, deep-sea expeditions command thousands of dollars per ticket.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Mar. 2026
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LaPour was the preseason Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and got his season off to a strong start against Vanderbilt, giving up two runs off fives hits in five innings of work with five strikeouts.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
20 Feb. 2026
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“Fins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fins. Accessed 23 Mar. 2026.
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