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as in cute
making light of something usually regarded as serious or sacred
made some flip comment about the marriage between the old man and the considerably younger woman
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Recent Examples of flip
Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Davies had the model built first, before building and designing the lifesize Thrushcross Grange, flipping her typical design process.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
Today, those numbers have flipped.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2026
That showed in the Tarrant County state Senate special election last month in which the Democratic Hispanic vote share rose to nearly 80%, helping Taylor Rehmet flip a reliably Republican seat.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
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Verb
One strong gust of wind can be enough to flip one of these trailers onto its side.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 Feb. 2026
Davies had the model built first, before building and designing the lifesize Thrushcross Grange, flipping her typical design process.
—Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 Feb. 2026
Today, those numbers have flipped.
—Chris McKeown, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Feb. 2026
That showed in the Tarrant County state Senate special election last month in which the Democratic Hispanic vote share rose to nearly 80%, helping Taylor Rehmet flip a reliably Republican seat.
—Gromer Jeffers Jr, Dallas Morning News, 14 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip
Verb
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How Carolyn Bessette wore a headband Carolyn Bessette delivered a master class in how versatile a headband can be, styling her long blonde hair straight and loose, in a sleek low ponytail, or gathered in a nape-skimming bun.—
Fiona Embleton,
Glamour,
16 Feb. 2026
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Next week's slate of new releases certainly threatens to skim some profit off the top of Wuthering Heights and GOAT's returns, but doesn't seem poised to overtake them.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Ige said Chicago has been working hard to reverse that trend, reiterating messages to the community that patients’ personal health information will not be shared.—
Lauren Mascarenhas,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
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Even worse, that money was supposed to go toward preventing and reversing drug overdoses amid an ongoing opioid epidemic.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Real Arizonans know that Valentine's Day is so much more than an excuse for candy and cute notes.—
Becky Bartkowski,
AZCentral.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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From workplace romances to relationships built from body horror events, these are the precious pairs encouraging everyone to choose love above all and make that cute hand heart gesture.—
Sergio Pereira,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Why did Lucas take the note from De Palma while thumbing his nose at studio suggestions?—
Michael O’Donnell,
The Atlantic,
10 Feb. 2026
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House lawyers argued that Bannon had thumbed his nose at the committee and ignored the subpoena.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
9 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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This show has been so amazing for us, not just friendship-wise and getting so close to each other, but also being a part of something that people love.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Feb. 2026
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The sad thing is the Dolphins, in a wise effort to build the trenches during the past two years, have used lots of draft capital (left tackle Patrick Paul was a 2024 second-round pick and left guard Jonah Savaiinaea was a 2025 second-round pick) in that area.—
Chris Perkins,
Sun Sentinel,
11 Feb. 2026
Verb
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What can residents do to help leaf, trash collectors?—
Ariane Lange,
Sacbee.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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On properties where no house was left, roses sprang to life and trees that had been charred started leafing again.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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The bittersweet musical numbers lend all the characters — even the comic-relief ones — some modicum of humanity, and Latif’s playful visual style enhances the ironic elements of the tale.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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In one image, she’s seated at a table with a cheeseburger on a golden platter, flanked by miniature American and Puerto Rican flags — a playful nod to Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Halftime Show.—
Mitchell Peters,
Billboard,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Flip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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