parings

plural of paring

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for parings
Noun
  • The brittle, eco-friendly bamboo straw is another concession to the community, as are the splinters.
    Joe Joyce, The Washington Examiner, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The syntax of reason splinters by the hour.
    Alaa Alqaisi August 13, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The token slivers of human-interest drama (a divorce battle, a visit to the pediatrician) that are meant to counterpoint the possibility of Armageddon with the oh-so-ironic triviality of quotidian concerns.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 2 Sep. 2025
  • The suit sharpens political and regulatory scrutiny of Apple’s AI design choices, may pry open slivers of discovery that inform the DOJ’s case, and could even spur Apple to codify more explicit user choice.
    Anisha Sircar, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Cause of crash is being investigated Videos of the accident show the carriage toppled to its side and crashed into a building on the steep and narrow street, with parts of the streetcar crumpled.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 4 Sep. 2025
  • Observers across eastern Australia, New Zealand, Africa and parts of the Middle East will also see most of the eclipse phases.
    Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Pastors in the African Methodist Episcopal Church were giving up chunks of their salaries to colleagues who lost churches in the area.
    Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Ship sports other battle scars as well; several chunks are missing near its base, which looks a bit like the ear of a dog that lost a fight.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • According to OpenAI’s usage statistics, over 700 million people now use ChatGPT weekly, with business applications representing one of the fastest-growing segments.
    Sarah Hernholm, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Some industries and local companies proactively participate in projects like the remediation along segments of the river, each of which requires collaboration among several agencies and stakeholders and can be yearslong, multimillion-dollar endeavors.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Salazar’s face and snippets of his stand-up postgame interview were plastered across social media and any other place baseball is discussed.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The new trailer for the episode features snippets of interviews with Mosby, as well as footage of Syed’s legal team and supporters, and interviews with Syed himself from prison.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Parings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/parings. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.

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