nibbles 1 of 2

plural of nibble

nibbles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of nibble

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of nibbles
Noun
Naylor said the shark bite capital county's shoreline averages 12 to 15 bites or nibbles a year and had seen only four as of late July. Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nibbles
Noun
  • She is raped, half-drunk, at a party and bites off a piece of her attacker’s ear.
    Mary Ann Grossmann, Twin Cities, 7 Sep. 2025
  • The disease spreads through triatomine insect bites, per UCLA Health.
    Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The industry chews people up and spits them (and their dreams) right back out.
    Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Over time this eats away at your confidence and cause even the most talented and ambitious of entrepreneurs to play small rather than expand.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Here’s what Wright eats, and suggests to others, for a long and healthy life.
    Renée Onque, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But now, the future of Lucille’s American Cafe, a Weston comfort-food institution serving up mouthfuls of nostalgia since 1999, is unclear.
    Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • If trust in the institution erodes this will have a negative effect on public life more generally, calling into question the impartiality of the justice system.
    Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Sep. 2025
  • As cognitive capacity goes location-independent and costs plummet, the very logic for large, talent-dense firms erodes.
    Leslie Lee, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Eight teams compete to create the best dish while culinary judges Carla Hall, Jozef Youssef and special guests tied to the franchise evaluate the tastes.
    Giana Levy, Variety, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Grieve and/or celebrate according to your tastes.
    Scott Meslow, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2025

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“Nibbles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nibbles. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.

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