knifes

present tense third-person singular of knife

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knifes
Verb
  • And Lutz ultimately slices 42-yard than slams into left upright.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Nominate it as one of America's Top Workplaces But the downward revision of 911,000 jobs over that 12-month period slices those gains in half.
    Andrea Riquier, USA Today, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The result not only dents the appeal of Liverpool assets but also thrusts Palace into the spotlight for FPL managers.
    Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • In each Whatever After novel, a magic portal yanks the main character, Abby, out of her comfortable life and thrusts her into another reality.
    Sarah Mlynowski, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Bubba purposefully knocks a girl down with a dodgeball, and when Mary tells him to stop being mean, Bubba punches her.
    Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The winner punches their ticket to the Final 2.
    Christopher Kuhagen, jsonline.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Front man Coleman cuts a tall, brooding figure, saving his emotions for his vocal delivery and occasional pronouncements on the importance of faith.
    Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Our study shows that obsessive passion cuts the chances of forming sustainable relationships through networking by 17%.
    Sarah Maokosy, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2025
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“Knifes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knifes. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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