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Recent Examples of napkin
Ken was now quietly and roughly drying his fingers with the napkin.
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Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
Kelsey, who was adopted as an infant, sketched out the design for her boxes on an airplane napkin.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
But those figures are a per-student average of a meal program’s entire budget: not just food but staff salaries, equipment maintenance, trays, cutlery, and napkins.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Eventually, Whitney throws her napkin and storms out of the luncheon, as Real Housewives are wont to do.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
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Literary Hub, 9 Oct. 2025
Kelsey, who was adopted as an infant, sketched out the design for her boxes on an airplane napkin.
—Alana Semuels, Time, 8 Oct. 2025
But those figures are a per-student average of a meal program’s entire budget: not just food but staff salaries, equipment maintenance, trays, cutlery, and napkins.
—Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2025
Eventually, Whitney throws her napkin and storms out of the luncheon, as Real Housewives are wont to do.
—Tom Smyth, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for napkin
Noun
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Geirþrúður has wrapped a large towel around herself but her shoulders are still bare and her December-dark hair is wet and wild and possibly blacker than it’s ever been.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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His property keeps walkie-talkies, bathtubs, safety rails, baby wipes, diaper bins, and soft towels available.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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In healthcare, a thin robotic endoscope could move inside the body without damaging tissue, reaching internal organs safely.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Nov. 2025
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At one point during the hearing, Richards pleaded for a tissue and began crying while recalling a particularly abusive event in May.—
Tracy Wright , Christina Dugan Ramirez , Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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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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Use them to aid in pouring wine so that not a drop ends up in the wrong place, or set them beneath decanters like proper serviettes.—
Hannah Selinger,
wsj.com,
29 Sep. 2023
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“Napkin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/napkin. Accessed 9 Dec. 2025.
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