palp

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for palp
Verb
  • Labor in healthcare includes taking down medical histories, making diagnoses, lifting patients, removing lumps, palpating livers, writing notes, processing claims and comforting patients.
    Kevin Vigilante, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025
  • Expect a thorough exam, during which the provider will palpate (touch) the bicep, check for swelling or tenderness, and assess your range of motion and strength.
    Sarah Jividen, Health, 11 Oct. 2024
Verb
  • The Softstreme High-rise Wide-leg Cropped Pant has a weighty drape that adds an elegant edge to what otherwise feels like loungewear, given how remarkably soft the Softstreme fabric is.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
  • Many people felt San Antonio Spurs star center Victor Wembanyama would take another step forward in his development this season.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Moviegoers had to agree to have their hair shaved off by a barber in the theater's lobby.
    NPR, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Boston College men's basketball point-shaving scandal One of the clearest examples of La Cosa Nostra's reach in sports was the 1978-79 scandal involving Boston College and two associates of the Lucchese crime family.
    Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • As already touched on in the Introduction, Art Forms in Nature almost immediately impacted the visual culture of the early twentieth century.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Through it all, Max was there, calling her name and gently touching her arm.
    Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Gross also got Brighton’s second after David de Gea palmed Solly March’s shot from right side of the box back into danger.
    Laurie Whitwell, New York Times, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Slicing this way makes the lemons easier to palm.
    Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Some models wore wigs, but others—like Grace Elizabeth—had their hair curled with a ultra-thin curling iron and brushed out.
    Margaux Anbouba, Vogue, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Use a cleaning toothbrush to brush away limescale and hard water residue from the drain area once per week.
    Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2025
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“Palp.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/palp. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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