mop-ups

plural of mop-up

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mop-ups
Noun
  • All 32 teams made their 2025 season debuts in Week 1, with dramatic endings, statement wins and potentially damaging defeats among the outcomes on display.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This year in particular, the 9/9 portal coincides with the moon in Aries — the first sign of the zodiac — creating a balance between endings and beginnings, especially with Saturn retrograde stationed at the last degree of Pisces while Neptune retrograde journeys through the first degree of Aries.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Despite the promise, researchers caution against early conclusions.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Plus-size segment remains underserved by apparel market Mallorie Dunn, a professor of fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and owner of SmartGlamour, a clothing line that offers the smallest and largest sizes, worries about the apparel retail market rushing to conclusions.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to Typology, apply a quarter-size amount, lather from root to ends, and massage into scalp.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Jenkins, a former Brevard County school board member and speech pathologist, released a launch video casting herself as a fighter for working families, drawing on her own experience working multiple jobs to make ends meet.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • While this criticism is overstated, as a lot of his books have bone-chilling finales or thematically rich conclusions, there are certainly a lot of stories where he's failed to land the plane.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • If both Atlanta and Las Vegas win their regular season finales, the Valkyries will get Atlanta in the first round.
    Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other Kroger store closings have been reported by local media or otherwise confirmed by USA TODAY.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In a past interview, Metrick projected fewer than 10 closings.
    David Moin, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025
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“Mop-ups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mop-ups. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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