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Recent Examples of proboscis
This practice evolved into Cootie, the game in which kids assemble plastic insects with fiddlehead-fern-like proboscises, which was introduced nationwide in 1949 and is still manufactured today.
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Bruce Handy, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
In the center of the contraption, a PVC pipe hung down and curled under itself like a great proboscis.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the sweet trigger caused the simulation to send signals that would extend the proboscis, and the bitter one didn’t.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
That needle-like bite comes from what’s called a proboscis.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
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Bruce Handy, The Atlantic, 16 Apr. 2025
In the center of the contraption, a PVC pipe hung down and curled under itself like a great proboscis.
—Matthew Sherrill, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025
Perhaps unsurprisingly, the sweet trigger caused the simulation to send signals that would extend the proboscis, and the bitter one didn’t.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Oct. 2024
That needle-like bite comes from what’s called a proboscis.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for proboscis
Noun
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The Coupe prototype is a high-riding grand tourer with a long snout, doors that slide open rather than swing, and a fastback roofline – a classic high-line design characteristic.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
31 Oct. 2025
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That bumper accentuates the Maserati’s alluring, shark-like snout.—
Lawrence Ulrich,
Robb Report,
29 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Sacramento Kings center Domantas Sabonis and Milwaukee Bucks forward Bobby Portis went nose-to-nose during a first-quarter confrontation Saturday at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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The team has not announced the nature of his injury yet, but his nose certainly looked broken.—
Jon Krawczynski,
New York Times,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Proboscis.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/proboscis. Accessed 9 Nov. 2025.
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