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Noun
Kelce purchased the massive diamond ring — which features four prongs and a button back, or a small bezel around the stone — at Artifex Fine Jewelry, an online jeweler that claims to craft jewelry with natural stones.—Nbc News, NBC news, 26 Aug. 2025 Its full-size, dual-arm R1 machines, which Galaxea AI began selling late last year, are priced between 320,000 yuan and 459,900 yuan (roughly $44,500 to $64,000), depending partly on bundled accessories, such as five-finger robotic hands instead of two-prong grippers.—Yue Wang, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
Few hardware manufacturers have convinced other game makers that their strange, proprietary chips—full of multi-pronged, work-in-tandem processors or cores—are worth those system-specific headaches.—Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 19 Sep. 2018 There’s no definitive diagnostic test for schizophrenia, so doctors will typically take a multi-pronged approach.—Nina Bahadur, SELF, 15 Sep. 2018 See All Example Sentences for prong
Then lift the lid and fluff the pilaf with the tines of a large fork and serve.
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Bill St. John,
Denver Post,
8 Aug. 2025
The tines were unnaturally white and sharp, considering Waters claimed to have taken the buck during the late muzzleloader season, which occurs after the rut in Wisconsin.
Accusations that the president is being bigoted with his video posts come weeks after issues around respect between political rivals and free speech were thrust into the spotlight by the assassination of conservative activist and Turning Point USA co-founder and CEO Charlie Kirk on September 10.
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Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
That change has been accelerated by the advent of social media, which has thrust designers into a bigger arena, said Linda Fargo, senior vice president of fashion at Bergdorf Goodman.
Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.
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CNN,
CNN,
2 Nov. 2022
Visitors can view a variety of media including textiles—such as Navajo artist D.Y. Begay’s Southwest landscape painting on wool—beadwork, sculpture, photography, film and even clothing attire such as beaded and quilled Louboutin shoes.
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