Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for funking
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Which only underscores the importance of drafting well and avoiding the need to fill holes through free agency.—
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
14 Mar. 2025 -
His offseason of work at the position centered around avoiding that happening again.—
Fabian Ardaya,
The Athletic,
14 Mar. 2025
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To save cash and get under the skin of the capital, Athens, while dodging peak-season crowds, consider a winter trip.—
Helen Iatrou,
AFAR Media,
9 Apr. 2025
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The Nosferatu actor has been masterfully dodging questions about the franchise since.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
People.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Symptoms like a fast heart rate, or shortness of breath, shaking and chills, confusion or lethargy.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
24 Dec. 2024
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Your ruler Mercury will also station retrograde in Sagittarius—your seventh house of partnerships—on November 9, revealing all the ways your desires for independence may be shaking things up with up your closest allies and enemies.—
Roya Backlund,
StyleCaster,
23 Dec. 2024
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This enables organizations to centralize control while sidestepping many of the risks associated with DIY pipelines.—
Taylor Brown,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2025
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There’s no sidestepping this directive.—
Zack Savitsky,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Dec. 2024
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The driver was arrested on charges of unlawful gun possession and evading police and booked at the Sacramento County Juvenile Hall.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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Chau paid local fishermen to take him near North Sentinel Island, evading the exclusion zone.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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And yet, today’s young adults are increasingly eschewing the traditional banking and credit infrastructure altogether in favor of peer-to-peer payment apps.—
Jessica Dickler,
CNBC,
1 Apr. 2025
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But Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton appears to be 100% vegan, eschewing any type of meat.—
Marianne Krasny,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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Image More broadly, water experts said that shunning tap water undermined trust in the public water system, which could have dangerous consequences.—
Jill Schweber,
New York Times,
31 Dec. 2024
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Is Remaking Hollywood's Money Model By Maggie McGrath The first Black woman to direct a $100 million-grossing film is shunning the studios and their rules—and turning to philanthropists like Melinda French Gates.—
Matt Craig,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
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“Funking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/funking. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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