Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for kennings
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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
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In 1867, Lord Kelvin envisioned atoms as intricate knots in the aether.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Oct. 2025
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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
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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
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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
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These act as a sieve for water molecules.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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Yet the chairman Ron Noades and Coppell heard whispers of transfer interest.—
Matt Woosnam,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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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
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In this way, the technological sublime can be a diffuse feeling, encountered in fragments.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
21 Oct. 2025
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For a moment, the community that once existed only in fragments was whole again.—
Alessia Glaviano,
Vogue,
20 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Cut the four ounces of butter into thin slices over the apples.—
Kathryn Gregory,
Louisville Courier Journal,
21 Oct. 2025
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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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