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irons

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verb

present tense third-person singular of iron

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for irons
Verb
  • Like any tubing mascara, Badi Lash wraps lashes in flexible, smudge-proof polymers that darken and lengthen them.
    Sophia Panych, Allure, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Then, there’s the one about the two Asian guys who are harnessed to a chariot and made to pull it along, like horses, with bits in their mouths, while this other Asian guy, holding the reins, lashes them with a whip.
    Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Regenerative Imperative What ties these threads together is a vision of technology as a regenerative force; systems that heal rather than harm, that strengthen rather than extract, that enhance human capabilities rather than replace them.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The package ties future awards to ambitious market value and performance milestones.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But this unit is two plays — or better yet, two injuries — from being a disaster that handcuffs Miami’s offense, like last year’s unit did, after Grier laughed at the media for its concern about fragile state of the 2024 O-line.
    Omar Kelly August 19, Miami Herald, 19 Aug. 2025
  • At the crash site, some of the rescuers find Morrow, who holds them at gunpoint and handcuffs them together in the lab.
    Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 12 Aug. 2025
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“Irons.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/irons. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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