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Recent Examples of grin
Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Springsteen recalled with a grin.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
Surtain grinned on Thursday when asked if Chase would want revenge.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
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Verb
Rhys said to her, flashing a white grin like a scythe.
—Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 6 Oct. 2025
Springsteen recalled with a grin.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
Swift clearly doesn’t want to play the ever-grinning showgirl anymore.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 3 Oct. 2025
Surtain grinned on Thursday when asked if Chase would want revenge.
—Luca Evans, Denver Post, 26 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grin
Verb
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Last month, Rucker revealed their relationship to the world by sharing a smiling selfie of the couple standing outside Sphere in Las Vegas.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 Oct. 2025
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In a video added to Johnson's Instagram Stories, Rome smiled and giggled as the paramedic talked with him, moving to place the oxygen mask on his face.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In the quarter millennium since, scholars and activists have in different ways done their damnedest to wipe the smirk off his face.—
Jane Kamensky,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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Coach Ben Johnson began Week 6 with a smirk when asked about the position.—
Kevin Fishbain,
New York Times,
8 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Make people laugh and help people out and just keep that vicious cycle of fun going.—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
13 Oct. 2025
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There are also shots of the countless members of Swift’s band, dance troupe and stage crew hard at work setting up the show night after night, along with her parents, Scott and Andrea Swift, who are frequently seen smiling and laughing with their daughter.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Grin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grin. Accessed 16 Oct. 2025.
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