as in smile
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as in smiling
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as in laughing
to express an emotion (as amusement) by curving the lips upward
grinned at the kids' fooling around in the pool
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Recent Examples of grin
Josh Yohe, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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As the sun sank behind the Vatican, Pope Leo, from Chicago, grinned and waved to the 100,000 strong crowd.
—Aryn Baker, Time, 8 May 2025
Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 June 2025
Nearly all of the last 10 presidents have all smiled in their portraits, ranging from President Richard Nixon's beaming expression to President George W. Bush's grin.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 4 June 2025
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Verb
The goaltender denied it with a sprawling save, then aimed his glove directly toward Crosby’s face and grinned.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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As the sun sank behind the Vatican, Pope Leo, from Chicago, grinned and waved to the 100,000 strong crowd.
—Aryn Baker, Time, 8 May 2025
Noun
The fluffy little figurines, featuring cartoonish grins and spiky teeth, appeared all over social media, with influencers and even royalty adding these cuddly creatures to their handbags and purses.
—Julia Teti, Footwear News, 16 June 2025
Nearly all of the last 10 presidents have all smiled in their portraits, ranging from President Richard Nixon's beaming expression to President George W. Bush's grin.
—Kathryn Palmer, USA Today, 4 June 2025
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Noun
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He was spotted sharing a a warm smile and lively chat with his mother-in-law mother, Carole Middleton, who was there with her daughter-in-law, Alizée Thévenet, who is married to Kate's brother, James Middleton.—
Simon Perry,
People.com,
19 June 2025
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Fans who’ve been dying to see Bruno Mars become a Fortnite Festival Icon can now die with a smile, as the game has announced that the hitmaker is its Season 9 headliner.—
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
18 June 2025
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But watching a group of roughnecks on a rig in grubby overalls moving huge, long steel pipes, Dugan's smile begins to fade to a smirk.—
Kirk Siegler,
NPR,
24 Apr. 2025
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Modern thinkers stopped using these concepts altogether except in quotation marks, with a wink, a smirk, and a glance backward toward the unscientific past.—
Isaac Bashevis Singer,
Harpers Magazine,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Grin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grin. Accessed 28 Jun. 2025.
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