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Recent Examples of grin
Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
On the short walk from the changing rooms to the outdoor saunas — despite banya hats flying off and robes coming undone in the sub-30-degree weather — the sauna-goers were grinning.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 6 Mar. 2026
Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 7 Mar. 2026
Your goofy grin while doing objectively goofy choreography that lets us in on the joke.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026
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Verb
Standing in the visiting dressing room at PPG Paints Arena on Thursday morning, Sabres alternate captain Alex Tuch grinned when asked about how the group is handling the trade rumors as a contending team as opposed to one that is selling.
—Matthew Fairburn, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
On the short walk from the changing rooms to the outdoor saunas — despite banya hats flying off and robes coming undone in the sub-30-degree weather — the sauna-goers were grinning.
—Alexa Mikhail, Flow Space, 6 Mar. 2026
Noun
Wouldn’t have known it by the grin on the face of Rangers’ quality control coach Rod Barajas, who has spent more than 25 years around spring trainings.
—Evan Grant, Dallas Morning News, 7 Mar. 2026
Your goofy grin while doing objectively goofy choreography that lets us in on the joke.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 6 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grin
Verb
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And Jacob Elordi smiles and raises his fist as the hair/makeup team shout out the actor for sitting in a makeup chair for 400 hours to become the Creature.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
16 Mar. 2026
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Vandy’s star guard Tyler Tanner, who finished with 20, ran the length of the court smiling, unbothered, so often that Florida took to comforting him.—
Noah White,
Miami Herald,
14 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Yet Lili Reinhart plays her with a diamond-hard smirk and a gleam of perception that lights up the screen.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
17 Mar. 2026
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Auriemma watched the chaos unfold wearing a bemused smirk.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The comedy horror sequel starring Samara Weaving as a bride trapped in a murderous game brought blood, blood and more blood to SXSW, where the crowd squealed and laughed at each grisly killing.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
14 Mar. 2026
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Some parents and children laughed, and a pair of parents even high-fived.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Grin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grin. Accessed 20 Mar. 2026.
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