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Recent Examples of Synonyms for kennings
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Trades finalize in three to five seconds, enabling near-instant payment finality, and transaction fees are measured in fractions of a cent.—
Sean Lee,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025 -
There is not really a need for beta blockers, particularly in people with normal ejection fractions [following heart attacks], which may be about 50 percent or higher.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Sep. 2025
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Gold nanoclusters, which contain fewer than 100 atoms, are usually created by giving gold ions extra electrons while surrounding molecules called ligands keep them stable.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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The way in which atoms move within a molecule can supply details about the kinds of bonds that connect these atoms.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
4 Sep. 2025
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Looking at the bigger picture, the discovery overturns a long-standing belief that electron beams just destroy organic molecules.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Sep. 2025
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Air molecules in Earth's atmosphere scatter most of the blue light, causing the remaining light to reflect onto the moon with a red glow, according to NASA.—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
6 Sep. 2025
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Salazar’s face and snippets of his stand-up postgame interview were plastered across social media and any other place baseball is discussed.—
Chandler Rome,
New York Times,
4 Sep. 2025
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The new trailer for the episode features snippets of interviews with Mosby, as well as footage of Syed’s legal team and supporters, and interviews with Syed himself from prison.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
3 Sep. 2025
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Davis remembers hearing the whispers of concern.—
Suzette Hackney,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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One storyline that will be at the forefront of season 3 centers on Wednesday's Aunt Ophelia, who's been spoken about in hushed whispers throughout season 2.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Sep. 2025
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Yet too often, HR leaves this work to others — and culture fragments in the process.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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Dafoe brings ballast and humanity to it, uniting its fragments as Lucius decides what to do with his future.—
Caryn James,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
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It was made with oat milk, mango, pineapple, dates, collagen, tocotrienols powder and a supplement called Agent Nateur Holi (mane), which sells for $99 per 10 ounces.—
Mary Whitfill Roeloffs,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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However, consuming up to eight ounces of 100% fruit juice per day can be part of an anti-inflammatory, heart-healthy diet.—
Lauren O'Connor,
Health,
1 Sep. 2025
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The only safe way to get real fires was laying gas lines and creating gas burns, without releasing any particles in the air that would potentially cause a forest fire.—
Tomris Laffly,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
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For batteries, Veith’s team used silica particles suspended in standard electrolytes.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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“Kennings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kennings. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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