as in sheep
an innocent or gentle person
the new guys at football camp were lambs who hardly knew what awaited them
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Recent Examples of lamb
Or the mood might call for ripping into smoky lamb shoulder, rubbed with baharat (Lebanese seven spice) and rendered to a consistency somewhere wonderfully between melty and ropy.
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Other dishes are just confusing, like Rhoda’s squid ink-heavy plate, or poorly cooked, like Oscar’s overdone lamb.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
By Sunday, April 4, the cake shop had made a purchasable version of the viral lamb cake — though arguably less terrifying than its AI inspiration.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
Cecilia Rokusek heads the National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and grew up with a traditional lamb cake (Velikonoční beránek) baked by her grandmother in a cast-iron mold.
—Deena Prichep, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
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Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2026
Other dishes are just confusing, like Rhoda’s squid ink-heavy plate, or poorly cooked, like Oscar’s overdone lamb.
—Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
By Sunday, April 4, the cake shop had made a purchasable version of the viral lamb cake — though arguably less terrifying than its AI inspiration.
—Desiree Anello, PEOPLE, 5 Apr. 2026
Cecilia Rokusek heads the National Czech and Slovak Museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and grew up with a traditional lamb cake (Velikonoční beránek) baked by her grandmother in a cast-iron mold.
—Deena Prichep, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lamb
Noun
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Lanolin is a deeply moisturizing oil naturally occurring in sheep's wool, humanely (and cruelty-free) sourced by Australian sheep farmers.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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Crofting and sheep farming set the daily rhythms, but there’s also a strict church calendar.—
Cressida Leyshon,
New Yorker,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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If Agarwal’s tech backers — like Y Combinator CEO Garry Tan and angel investor Ron Conway — pour money into his efforts, Khanna could face his biggest contest yet.—
Grace Hase,
Mercury News,
12 Apr. 2026
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This name honors an angel in the Jewish faith.—
Lydia Wang,
Parents,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and much of the Iranian security hierarchy, would not survive the first day of bombing; neither would about a hundred and seventy-five innocents in the southern city of Minab, most of them children.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
21 Mar. 2026
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As Archangel Michael, Devyn Wade is both boyishly sweet and terrified as a devil’s advocate, cautiously questioning God’s decisions and her history of killing the innocent.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Lamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lamb. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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