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Recent Examples of napkin
What are the best napkin rings to buy?
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
After folding the napkin into a tight, layered square, Park wiped wine glasses, knives and forks in a corner of a banquet hall as colleagues prepared for real services nearby.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
In one video, one of the customers seems to flick her napkin at the server's face.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
By Jeane’s napkin math, the district could close up to 20 schools while maintaining a seat for every current SCUSD student.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
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Bestreviews, Mercury News, 18 May 2026
After folding the napkin into a tight, layered square, Park wiped wine glasses, knives and forks in a corner of a banquet hall as colleagues prepared for real services nearby.
—ABC News, 11 May 2026
In one video, one of the customers seems to flick her napkin at the server's face.
—Chiara Kim, PEOPLE, 22 Apr. 2026
By Jeane’s napkin math, the district could close up to 20 schools while maintaining a seat for every current SCUSD student.
—Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 21 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for napkin
Recent Examples of Synonyms for napkin
Noun
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The handwashing station in the warehouse was out of towels.—
Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado
May 29,
Sacbee.com,
29 May 2026
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Bring a yoga mat and a large towel.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 May 2026
Noun
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There are also deep-tissue massages, facials, keravive scalp treatments, reiki, acupuncture, osteopathy, cranio-sacral therapy and nutrition consultations.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
3 June 2026
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Tooth enamel is the hardest part of the entire mammal skeleton; 97 percent of it is hydroxyapatite, the hard mineral component of bone (most bone tissue is only about 40 to 70 percent hydroxyapatite).—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
2 June 2026
Noun
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In summer, however, the snow lifts like a serviette from a picnic, and Hokkaido is transformed with cinematic national parks, sprawling flower fields, and volcanic hot spots.—
Jonnie Bayfield,
Condé Nast Traveler,
20 Oct. 2025
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So take your place á la table, arrange your serviette neatly on your lap, and bon appétit!—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
11 June 2025
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“Napkin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/napkin. Accessed 8 Jun. 2026.
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