kennings

plural of kenning, chiefly Scottish

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Noun
  • There are so many life lessons packed into baking a simple birthday cake or a blueberry muffin, and not just how to do fractions.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Even if a harvester can outgas regolith reliably, separating minute traces of helium-3 from helium-4 and other gases at low mass fractions requires sophisticated cryogenic or membrane systems.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In 1867, Lord Kelvin envisioned atoms as intricate knots in the aether.
    Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 23 Oct. 2025
  • By 2030, China’s nuclear capacity is set to surpass that of the United States, the first country to split atoms to make electricity.
    Brad Plumer, New York Times, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And these nutshells that are now all restored have been used for that purpose for more than eight decades.
    Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Even the fluorescence from tiny ruby crystals helped measure the pressure, while Raman spectroscopy revealed how the water molecules were dancing inside.
    Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 26 Oct. 2025
  • These act as a sieve for water molecules.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Alphonse Pierre’s Off the Dome column covers songs, mixtapes, albums, scenes, snippets, movies, Meek Mill tweets, fashion trends—and anything else that catches his attention.
    Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Mason shared snippets from the fun day on TikTok, and the video went viral, amassing over 356,000 views.
    Meredith Wilshere, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Yet the chairman Ron Noades and Coppell heard whispers of transfer interest.
    Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • External whispers were ignored, leaving Scheyer thrilled in landing the late-bloomer from Milwaukee’s Wisconsin Lutheran High School.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In this way, the technological sublime can be a diffuse feeling, encountered in fragments.
    Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
  • For a moment, the community that once existed only in fragments was whole again.
    Alessia Glaviano, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cut the four ounces of butter into thin slices over the apples.
    Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Stick to a serving size of four to six ounces and pair it with protein and healthy fats, like eggs, oatmeal, or whole-grain toast with avocado or nut butter.
    Lauren Panoff, Verywell Health, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Kennings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kennings. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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