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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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There are some really great ones on the market these days, a huge advancement past the egg crate toppers our parents used.—
Alora Bopray,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
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Instead, buy mature plants that are known to bloom in April, and opt for ones that haven’t quite started yet.—
Ashley Chalmers,
The Spruce,
3 Apr. 2026
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The possible walkout could involve tens of thousands of employees and affect more than 500,000 students across the nation’s second-largest school district.—
Teresa Liu,
Daily News,
4 Apr. 2026
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Even the low-end estimates, around 10%, would amount to tens of thousands of women.—
Brett Kelman,
USA Today,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There were hundreds of recruits and family members in the stands and on the sidelines for the 49ers’ junior day, taking in the practice and meeting with Albin and position coaches.—
Hunter Bailey,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
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Afghanistan is highly vulnerable to extreme weather events, with snow and heavy rain that triggers flash floods often killing dozens, or even hundreds, of people at a time.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Other National Burrito Day Deals Tocaya - Tocaya Rewards Members will receive a free side of chips and guacamole with the purchase of a burrito from Tocaya on National Burrito Day.—
Julia Gomez,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
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This flavor is made with in-season strawberries and packed with Graeter's dark chocolate chips.—
Kaycee Sloan,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
1 Apr. 2026
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Before Broidy’s lawsuit, the company had earned about a hundred million dollars a year.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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As previously reported by Sportico, Players Era has been shopping its broadcast rights for upwards of $50 million dollars annually—a fee far exceeding what any MTE has historically commanded.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
29 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
Cite this Entry
“Fins.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fins. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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