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Recent Examples of greek
Add them to a parfait made with either Greek or regular yogurt, fresh fruit, and granola.
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Christina Manian, Health, 6 Nov. 2025
The Canada-Hellenic Republic co-production is produced in association with Telefilm Canada, the Greek Film Center, Distant Horizon, Bell Media, CBC, Ontario Creates and the Harold Greenberg Fund, with the support of EKOME.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Gee joined him at his L.A. show at Greek Theatre last week, where the 1975’s Matty Healy was also in attendance.
Dijon, who also collaborated with Bieber on Swag II songs, is touring in support of his sophomore studio album, Baby, which arrived in August.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
At 6-foot-11, 243 pounds, the Greek Freak is a force of nature the Kings are ill equipped to contain.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2025
There’s the Greek Orthodox section (St. Michael’s Plot), and the tidy rows of Civil War graves, where my mother-in-law and my family have placed miniature American flags on past Memorial Days (her idea, and a good one).
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2025
With a 28-21 lead, Saginaw added an insurance touchdown later in the final quarter when Greek connected with Quinones for another long touchdown pass.
—Pat Wheeler, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Cardiff and plays gigs around San Diego County, including regular shows at La Jolla senior-living community Casa de Mañana.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
While many meats do offer much higher protein counts, other foods like lentils, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, milk, black beans and peanut butter do, as well.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Christina Manian, Health, 6 Nov. 2025
The Canada-Hellenic Republic co-production is produced in association with Telefilm Canada, the Greek Film Center, Distant Horizon, Bell Media, CBC, Ontario Creates and the Harold Greenberg Fund, with the support of EKOME.
—Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 4 Nov. 2025
Gee joined him at his L.A. show at Greek Theatre last week, where the 1975’s Matty Healy was also in attendance.
Dijon, who also collaborated with Bieber on Swag II songs, is touring in support of his sophomore studio album, Baby, which arrived in August.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2025
At 6-foot-11, 243 pounds, the Greek Freak is a force of nature the Kings are ill equipped to contain.
—Jason Anderson, Sacbee.com, 1 Nov. 2025
There’s the Greek Orthodox section (St. Michael’s Plot), and the tidy rows of Civil War graves, where my mother-in-law and my family have placed miniature American flags on past Memorial Days (her idea, and a good one).
—John Wenzel, Denver Post, 31 Oct. 2025
With a 28-21 lead, Saginaw added an insurance touchdown later in the final quarter when Greek connected with Quinones for another long touchdown pass.
—Pat Wheeler, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Sep. 2025
Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church in Cardiff and plays gigs around San Diego County, including regular shows at La Jolla senior-living community Casa de Mañana.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
While many meats do offer much higher protein counts, other foods like lentils, greek yogurt, cottage cheese, milk, black beans and peanut butter do, as well.
—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 14 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for greek
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No more hocus-pocus putting taxpayers on the hook for some sketchy deal that may or may not show a positive return in 15 years, if lucky.—
U T Readers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
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In both Joss Whedon's theatrical version and Zack Snyder's longer cut, Clark Kent is resurrected by some cosmic hocus-pocus housed in an alien Mother Box.—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
10 July 2025
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In addition to the water issues, the handwash sink was bereft of soap, paper towels or any mechanical hot air blower.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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China’s astronauts feasted on the first-ever barbecue in space after a new hot air oven was installed to cook steak, bake cakes, roast peanuts and more.—
Sarah Hutter,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Driving the news: The statement was published only in English on the Facebook page of the Israeli Prime Minister's Office — potentially another case of double-talk by Netanyahu.—
Barak Ravid,
Axios,
27 Sep. 2024
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The GOP Senate candidate in Arizona, whose brand is a combative, never-back-down MAGA politics, has adopted a position on the issue that is nearly indistinguishable from that of double-talking Democrats.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
14 Apr. 2024
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So there are all those questions and rigmarole.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
24 Sep. 2025
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No rigamarole or bureaucracy to navigate.—
Andy Meek,
Forbes.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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The monkey business is dominated by a handful of highly secretive and rivalrous brokers.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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The Santa Ana Zoo at Prentice Park has some monkey business going on: updates to its primate and other animal habitats, educational buildings and pathways.—
Lillian Ashworth,
Oc Register,
18 July 2025
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The color of the light depends on the type of gas and the amount of energy released.—
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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Similarly, clean firm power sources such as nuclear, geothermal, and gas power with carbon capture, are experiencing tailwinds both from policy and from rising demand from data centers.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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The photographers include William Gottlieb, whose historic jazz photo collection is now at the Library of Congress; Chuck Stewart, a prolific jazz photographer; Milt Hinton, a jazz bassist who documented jazz culture from the inside; and Parks, whose work appears throughout the exhibition.—
Amy Carleton,
Charlotte Observer,
5 Nov. 2025
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Visit Rua do Ouvidor, a historic street downtown, for live samba on Saturdays, or head to Blue Note Rio for jazz.—
Carolina Abbott Galvão,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Nov. 2025
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There was nothing particularly frightening about their Viennese waltz, which was a nice change from all the creepy tomfoolery earlier in the night.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
28 Oct. 2025
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This Survivor 49 challenge tomfoolery actually began before the season even started filming.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Greek.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/greek. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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