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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
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This state, then, has the potential to quantum tunnel into the true vacuum state, whereupon the laws of nature will abruptly change, including the fundamental constants that govern the Universe and allow structures, like atoms, to form.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
3 Oct. 2025
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What happens to these particles within atoms would stay unexplained without this tool.—
Dipangkar Dutta,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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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
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These slow down evaporation, meaning alcohol molecules can linger even after long cooking times.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
5 Oct. 2025
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While scientists have found evidence of organic molecules in the E-ring before, the team of researchers turned to observations made by NASA’s Cassini spacecraft in 2008 during a close flyby of Enceladus.—
Eric Lagatta,
USA Today,
3 Oct. 2025
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Like its predecessor, When the Sea Came Alive, this audiobook features snippets of first-person accounts of those who lived the history.—
AudioFile Magazine
September 30,
Literary Hub,
30 Sep. 2025
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On Monday, the actress showed her Instagram followers snippets from an enviable workcation at Universal Studios Orlando in Central Florida.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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While an insider confirmed to Fox News Digital that there have been whispers of another woman, TMZ was first to report that the country star may already be involved with someone else.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez,
FOXNews.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Early whispers of possibly being in the mix as a potential sixth man of the year candidate are tossed around.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Vets also found fragments of bullets lodged beneath the jaguar's skin.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
7 Oct. 2025
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The mineral is much softer than shells or fossil fragments, which accounts for that unparalleled velvety texture.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
7 Oct. 2025
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The original has a larger tank capacity (a whopping 48 ounces in comparison to the mini’s 16-ounce tank) that might be a better fit for people who are tackling messes left and right throughout their home.—
Nashia Baker,
Architectural Digest,
7 Oct. 2025
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Mix 1–2 tablespoons of ACV with at least 8 ounces of water.—
Brittany Lubeck,
Verywell Health,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Kennings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/kennings. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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