gibbosities

plural of gibbosity

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for gibbosities
Noun
  • Despite overall improvements across the district in both the high school EOC STAAR test and the 3-8 exams, Licata announced last week that more than a dozen schools experienced notable snags that would qualify them for the Elevate network.
    Samuel O’Neal and, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 June 2026
  • As a whole, this laptop can handle everyday tasks like browsing and run a few productivity programs at once without software snags.
    Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 13 June 2026
Noun
  • Infection is rapid, causing swellings in the lymph nodes (buboes) and leading to septicaemia and pulmonary infection.
    Matthew Binnicker, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • In this case, regulation can be more responsive to nuances of context, and the regulatory knobs are tunable rather than being just on/off.
    Philip Ball, Quanta Magazine, 18 June 2026
  • Of course, Macy is not actually spending late nights at the distillery twisting knobs and loading the wash into fermenters.
    Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • Our step-by-step instructions walk you through making pâte à choux dough, essential for the crisp golden puffs.
    Lynn Andriani, Martha Stewart, 19 June 2026
  • There’s an entire salad bowl of chocolate mousse, perfectly bitter and rich, and a Paris-Brest the circumference of a tricycle wheel, with enormous puffs of hazelnut mousse and a dripping seam of blackberry jam.
    Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
Noun
  • In fact, while sand traps aren’t overabundant, elevation changes, natural grass humps and, yes, some sand does challenge you most every hole.
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 June 2026
  • Her office released a report last month critical of the design and placement of speed humps and bumps.
    Joe Holden, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Filling a National Battle Depot with spare parts (or even spare modules--like a few spare bows or bow domes for Virginia Class submarines) will force the PAEs to really exercise their new authorities.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
  • The objective is to study the composition and origin of the domes and surroundings.
    Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 June 2026
Noun
  • The cause of these kicks is the ejection of blobs of plasma from the red giant stars.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 22 June 2026
  • Curate a collection of bright colors, applying in dots, blobs, and splotches for an elevated art school vibe.
    Calin Van Paris, InStyle, 19 June 2026
Noun
  • And there's going to be some bumps in the road, for sure.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • At this distal end, which forms your elbow joint with your radius and ulna, are two bony bumps, called epicondyles.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
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“Gibbosities.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/gibbosities. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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