prods 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of prod

prods

2 of 2

noun

plural of prod

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for prods
Verb
  • The person then stabs it with a long knife.
    Claudia Lauer, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Near the end of the video, the unseen cameraperson flips the notebook to a page containing a diagram of the church and stabs the diagram with a knife.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 28 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • When supplements are necessary, Sanchez urges parents to choose professional-grade options that prioritize absorption, ingredient quality and transparency.
    Jazmine A. Ortiz, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Zhang urges you to set mental boundaries like refraining from overthinking.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The brand’s giant green owl mascot dances badly, makes obscure pop culture references and pokes fun at the company’s push notifications.
    Leeron Walter, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Like his contemporaries, Meyers often pokes fun at the ongoing actions of the president and his administration on Late Night.
    Emlyn Travis Updated, EW.com, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • My hope is that Reunion encourages commissioners and production companies to create space for other deaf people to come forward and tell their stories.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The presence of citizen participation in legal decision-making encourages civic engagement, fosters public trust and reanimates the participatory ideals on which the American republic was founded.
    Richard Lorren Jolly, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Using a mouse model lacking the Cntnap2 gene, scientists recorded heightened activity in the RTN when animals faced stimuli such as light flashes or air puffs.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 1 Sep. 2025
  • Six years later, scientists at Yale showed that at the precise moment of conscious awareness of stimuli, a wave of electrical activity flows from the visual cortex located at the rear of the brain to the frontal lobes.
    Big Think, Big Think, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Exercise spurs insulin sensitivity (the opposite of insulin resistance) by assisting insulin signaling in your muscles to take in glucose and use it as fuel.
    Bryant Stamford, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2025
  • While many growth factors are human-derived (which, naturally, spurs some ethical concerns), Bioeffect’s come from barley, which Brezavscek says are still effective.
    Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Starbucks, for example, nudges users toward loading funds onto a digital gift card by offering more rewards.
    Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Aug. 2025
  • Question marks and nudges to explain.
    Jane Ciabattari August 19, Literary Hub, 19 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Support journalism that digs deeper into topics that matter most to Arkansans.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Daniels was loath to pack the Scranton digs with new characters and drag the show on.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Prods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prods. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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