as in to separate
to go or move in different directions from a central point
the road forks up ahead and you'll want to take the right fork
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as in knife
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Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 12 Aug. 2024
Delta forked out $500 million to deal with the CrowdStrike glitch.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2024
Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
The fork and napkin costumes were teased on Chipotle’s social media over the last few years.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
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Verb
The Airwrap retails for £479.99, which is so, so expensive — and only Dyson could make a tool that people would readily fork out that much for.
—Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 12 Aug. 2024
Delta forked out $500 million to deal with the CrowdStrike glitch.
—Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2024
Noun
Everyone who participates gets to take home a commemorative event fork.
—Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2024
The fork and napkin costumes were teased on Chipotle’s social media over the last few years.
—Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Fork.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fork. Accessed 6 Oct. 2024.
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