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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
Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
As the desperate Delgado family sails down a river on an inflatable raft, a T-Rex follows in hot pursuit, eventually flipping the raft just as its predecessor started flipping jeeps after escaping its enclosure in Jurassic Park.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 3 July 2025
But Republicans will be vying for the seats as well in the hopes of flipping one of the seats and helping the GOP hold onto their razor-thin majority in the House.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Two teens are dead and three others remain seriously injured Monday after their car flipped over in a crash and slid into oncoming traffic in Pompano Beach on Friday night.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
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Verb
On June 2, the department flipped the switch to encrypt its radio communications, shutting out the public from hearing what police are responding to and receiving instant public safety updates.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2025
As the desperate Delgado family sails down a river on an inflatable raft, a T-Rex follows in hot pursuit, eventually flipping the raft just as its predecessor started flipping jeeps after escaping its enclosure in Jurassic Park.
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 3 July 2025
But Republicans will be vying for the seats as well in the hopes of flipping one of the seats and helping the GOP hold onto their razor-thin majority in the House.
—Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 24 June 2025
Two teens are dead and three others remain seriously injured Monday after their car flipped over in a crash and slid into oncoming traffic in Pompano Beach on Friday night.
—Angie Dimichele, Sun Sentinel, 24 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flip
Verb
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After each use, skim out leaves, bugs, and dirt with a small pool net or cup.—
Lauren Bengtson,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 June 2025
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Local nonprofits focused on issues from homelessness to domestic violence faced harsh cuts that, in some cases, mean skimming down their workforce.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
13 June 2025
Verb
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With President Donald Trump in the White House, the agency has reversed course on several crypto enforcement actions, dropping cases against major players like Coinbase and Binance and signaling a more permissive stance.—
MacKenzie Sigalos,
CNBC,
11 July 2025
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The policy change reverses a ban on endorsing or opposing candidates by religious organizations known as the Johnson Amendment, enacted in the 1950s.—
Philissa Cramer,
Sun Sentinel,
11 July 2025
Adjective
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Oh, and the best pairs of the bunch are also plain old comfy (and cute, in a gorpcore kind of way).—
Sara Coughlin,
SELF,
7 July 2025
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July 6, 2025: Rodman watching Shelton’s match at Wimbledon is so cute the ESPN announcer literally giggles trying to talk about them.—
Elizabeth Logan,
Glamour,
7 July 2025
Verb
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During the 2024 legislative session, Tipton's version of the bill needed just one last call to the floor, one final thumbs up from House members.—
Stephanie Kuzydym,
The Courier-Journal,
3 July 2025
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More than 1,600 reviewers give this cheesy pasta two thumbs up – or five stars.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
22 June 2025
Adjective
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In hindsight that decision may not have been the wisest.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
5 July 2025
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Demonstrating a talent for working in fluent french peppered with a british accent, the actor delivers one of his most indelible acting turns as the sly, wry, and wise business mogul-turned- butler who finds new purpose in life working on the other side of the fence.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
3 July 2025
Verb
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This is because of the increasing demands for networking and switches to connect exponentially larger clusters, from spine to leaf in the front end and back end, rack to rack and accelerator to accelerator.—
Beth Kindig,
Forbes,
19 Dec. 2024
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Such a cacophony means that the reader keeps having to leaf back to make sense of the storyline.—
Ruth Margalit,
The New York Review of Books,
30 Mar. 2023
Adjective
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Ludus refers to playful, game-like love that values fun and avoids deep commitment.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
5 July 2025
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Even more recently, Dua Lipa debuted a playful French manicure with white polka dots on black tips, adding even more white spots all-over a couple accent nails.—
Emily Tannenbaum,
Glamour,
5 July 2025
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“Flip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flip. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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