as in parts
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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Noun
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Slice up to serve or dig in with spoons.—
Metro Creative Services,
Boston Herald,
29 Oct. 2025 -
Grab any accessories from your kitchen drawer, including spatulas, wooden spoons and even use a giant pot to collect candy.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
27 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Neuralink top officials’ public rhetoric about machine-human symbiosis and healthy human implantation diverges sharply from the company’s clinical work helping people with ALS and quadriplegia control a computer with their mind.—
O. Rose Broderick,
STAT,
5 Jan. 2026
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Yet its style diverges significantly from the icy, minimalist chic that has shaped engagement-ring tastes in recent years.—
Emilia Petrarca,
New Yorker,
2 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Homemade knives, called shanks, are plentiful inside the prison, several inmates said.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
5 Nov. 2025
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With violence, or the threat of it, being so pervasive in today’s society, many young people now carry knives out of fear for their own safety, Alexander said.—
Catherine Nicholls,
CNN Money,
4 Nov. 2025
Verb
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What separates toxic ambition, for you, from the simple act of wanting something and trying to get it?—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
6 Jan. 2026
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The design will retain the outdoor sculpture garden, but the garden would include a new free-to-all arts education center and reading room, and the tall steel fencing that now separates the garden from the public along El Prado and near the Old Globe theater campus would be removed.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Place chicken, carrots, celery, bay leaves, bouillon cube, 2 cups of the onions, 2 teaspoons of the salt, and 1 teaspoon of the black pepper in a large stockpot.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
27 Oct. 2025
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Add remaining 2/3 cup of wine, the beef broth, the seared meat (and juices), 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
27 Oct. 2025
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“Forks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/forks. Accessed 8 Jan. 2026.
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