1
as in skimming
to turn over pages in an idle or cursory manner
flip through this home decorating book to see if there's anything we could use
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as in reversing
to change the position of (an object) so that the opposite side or end is showing
flip the coin over
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Recent Examples of flipping
Holding on to the players who committed — and potentially flipping a player or two from someone else’s class — is the objective now.
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Austin Meek,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Kean was elected to Congress for his first term beginning in 2023, flipping a district that was represented by former Democratic Congressman Tom Malinowski.
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Claudia Grisales,
NPR,
30 June 2026
The Miami Heat traded for Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired LaMelo Ball — after flipping Julius Randle to the Nets — and Ja Morant landed in Portland.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
Newcomb made a nice play earlier in the inning on a safety-squeeze attempt, flipping the ball out of his glove to the plate in time to get a runner.
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Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Biden touted the gains the Democratic Party has seen, flipping seats blue in recent elections.
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Kaicey Baylor,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Neusch sent six more drop-drones flipping away.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
26 June 2026
Individually flipping pancakes is a pain.
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Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
The 29-year-old remained in the game and took one more at-bat in the bottom of the third, flipping a single into center field, but he was removed ahead of the top of the fifth.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Austin Meek,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Kean was elected to Congress for his first term beginning in 2023, flipping a district that was represented by former Democratic Congressman Tom Malinowski.
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Claudia Grisales,
NPR,
30 June 2026
The Miami Heat traded for Giannis Antetokounmpo, the Minnesota Timberwolves acquired LaMelo Ball — after flipping Julius Randle to the Nets — and Ja Morant landed in Portland.
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Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
29 June 2026
Newcomb made a nice play earlier in the inning on a safety-squeeze attempt, flipping the ball out of his glove to the plate in time to get a runner.
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Lamond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
28 June 2026
Biden touted the gains the Democratic Party has seen, flipping seats blue in recent elections.
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Kaicey Baylor,
CBS News,
27 June 2026
Neusch sent six more drop-drones flipping away.
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Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
26 June 2026
Individually flipping pancakes is a pain.
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Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
25 June 2026
The 29-year-old remained in the game and took one more at-bat in the bottom of the third, flipping a single into center field, but he was removed ahead of the top of the fifth.
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Justice Delos Santos,
Mercury News,
24 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flipping
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Once devoted to chin-skimming cuts, Hadid has spent the last year growing out her hair.
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Workers were seen skimming the surface of the pool in the end nearest the World War II Memorial.
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Reform day school enrollment has also risen by 5%, reversing years of declining trends.
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More ships entered the Gulf over the weekend than departed, reversing a trend seen over the previous week, when efforts focused on evacuating seafarers stranded in the Gulf.
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Val Kilmer’s performance as this trickster poet forever thumbing his nose at reality embodies the movie’s tensions.
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For months, this young, rambunctious, and altogether infectious bunch played with house money, thumbing their collective noses at the idea of another year of rebuild futility.
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At the time, AFTVnews reported that two of the apps served as residential proxy providers and were considered riskware, and that the other two had APK files that were flagged by virus-scanning tools.
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AmbiStack takes over downstream by scanning and stacking cases for receiving.
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“Flipping.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flipping. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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