fins

plural of fin, slang

Example Sentences

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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. 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
Noun
  • Mitchell Evans, offensive lineman Robert Hunt, and offensive lineman Damien Lewis were the only ones on the team’s training camp roster who didn’t practice Friday.
    Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
  • The organizations that figure this out first will not be the ones with the best productivity software.
    Mena Mirhom, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • The product, which is nothing more than a ball attached to a headband by a string, has garnered tens of millions of views on TikTok and posted revenues of more than $100 million over the past two full years.
    Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 30 July 2026
  • An unusually strong heat dome will scorch much of the western United States this weekend, bringing the hottest temperatures so far this year to tens of millions from California to Canada.
    Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 30 July 2026
Noun
  • At the end of 2020, hundreds of hospitals were at full capacity, and more than 90% of ICU beds were occupied in a third of all hospitals.
    Deidre McPhillips, CNN Money, 4 Aug. 2026
  • As artificial intelligence fuels a new startup boom, debate for students over whether to spend years—and potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars—earning a degree or dropping out to chase the next billion-dollar unicorn has intensified.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • Training and operating a leading model requires immense spending on chips, data centers, energy, networking, research staff and global distribution.
    Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Water intake did not differ significantly between the mild and spicy conditions in the 2026 chips and salsa study.
    Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • One hundred and forty-five Americans earned a million dollars each, or more, in 1953.
    AJ Willingham, AJC.com, 31 July 2026
  • This week, state Senators also questioned whether Texas should keep giving data centers billions of dollars in tax breaks.
    S.E. Jenkins, CBS News, 31 July 2026
Noun
  • 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 6 Aug. 2026.

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