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Recent Examples of prong
Charlotte Observer, 20 Dec. 2025
Policies cover normal wear and tear, and can include things like prong retipping, broken or bent prongs, pearl restringing, and stone tightening.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2019
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
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Noun
Beck argued Said was recently detained on the first prong of the law and said agents could remove him without a hearing.
—Charlotte Observer, 20 Dec. 2025
Policies cover normal wear and tear, and can include things like prong retipping, broken or bent prongs, pearl restringing, and stone tightening.
—Liz Knueven, CNBC, 16 Dec. 2025
Verb
The chat reportedly suggested the members had strong ties to the police force, which then brought police corruption into the multi-pronged scandal.
—Caitlin Kelley, Billboard, 24 Mar. 2019
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prong
Noun
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But in his defense, Paul always claimed that outfielder Charlie Spikes, the principal player going back to Cleveland, was the Yankees top prospect at the tine who just didn’t pan out.—
Bill Madden,
New York Daily News,
31 Jan. 2026
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Small tools can be placed in the utensil basket or slipped upright over the tines in the racks.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
The Spruce,
9 Jan. 2026
Verb
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This works best for larger pike fillets (pike in the 22-inch to 30-inch range).—
Joe Cermele,
Outdoor Life,
15 Sep. 2023
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Don't let your hips drop or pike up; pull your belly button up toward your spine and push the floor away from you with your hands.—
Mallory Creveling,
Health,
3 Sep. 2023
Verb
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There were injuries this time, with some students bayoneted for not retreating.—
Paula Schleis,
cincinnati.com,
2 May 2020
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And anyway, always better to be bitten by a stingray than bayoneted.—
Erik Heinrich,
BostonGlobe.com,
16 May 2018
Verb
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The silicon chip is perforated with rows of triangular holes—some 264 micrometers wide, others 99 µm in size.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
2 Feb. 2026
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So too were perforated and extended earlobes, in older men and women hanging down well below their chins like fleshy rings.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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The curious cats will keep their eyes wide open and ears pricked forward.—
Liz O'Connell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Oct. 2025
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The type of ears a dog has, such as pricked, folded or drooping, will affect the way in which they’re used to communicate feelings.—
Dawn Kovell,
Mercury News,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Loudermill, a father of three from Olathe, was thrust into the public eye when his photograph, decked out in a Chiefs-red sweatsuit, sitting on a curb in handcuffs, began spreading rapidly online.—
Kacen Bayless,
Kansas City Star,
14 Feb. 2026
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Like many international breakouts, Lilleaas has been thrust into the whirlwind of awards season.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
13 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Then Kekere-Ekun will quill piece by piece using colored paper, ribbons and parts of canvases before it's eventually completed.—
CNN,
CNN,
2 Nov. 2022
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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.—
Lily Katzman,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2020
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“Prong.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prong. Accessed 21 Feb. 2026.
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