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Recent Examples of pronged
Alec Lewis, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Here in Cook County, the state’s attorney’s office has set its sights on a three-pronged unit that would encompass forensic science, trial technology and digital evidence, with the goal of someday building the office’s own digital lab.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
This solution guarantees a timeframe for delivery using its two-pronged approach.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
Pop Mart has attributed its international success to stepping up the expansion and differentiating its channel positioning, using a three-pronged, strategic approach.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 20 Aug. 2025
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Adjective
In that way, Thielen’s fit was two-pronged.
—Alec Lewis, New York Times, 27 Aug. 2025
Here in Cook County, the state’s attorney’s office has set its sights on a three-pronged unit that would encompass forensic science, trial technology and digital evidence, with the goal of someday building the office’s own digital lab.
—Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 22 Aug. 2025
This solution guarantees a timeframe for delivery using its two-pronged approach.
—Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 22 Aug. 2025
Pop Mart has attributed its international success to stepping up the expansion and differentiating its channel positioning, using a three-pronged, strategic approach.
—Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pronged
Adjective
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Thailand says the barbed wire was set up to prevent the planting of mines and is on its own land.—
Matthew Tostevin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Aug. 2025
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No one else writes with such wounding, barbed wit.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Aug. 2025
Verb
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There are no strings, but the head of the racquet is perforated.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
2 Sep. 2025
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Some pizza pans are perforated with small holes.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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During his two-year spell in North London, Postecoglou also reveals the decidedly spikier side to his character.—
Zak Garner-Purkis,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
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Jasmine petals, one of my favorite floral notes, is given a spikier edge alongside Australian pink pepper, while raspberry and spun sugar add a pleasing sweetness without being too much.—
Venus Wong,
refinery29.com,
30 Oct. 2024
Adjective
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Most of the surface is made up of a fine dust with jagged edges because it hasn’t been weathered by wind or water.—
Jeremy Bogaisky,
Forbes.com,
2 Sep. 2025
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Against all of this allegedly heady stuff, the score—by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross—intentionally jars us from encroaching drowsiness with chortling woodwinds and shardlike piano chords that are the aural equivalent of jagged Plexiglass off-cuts.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Firefighters are battling the flames following intense heat waves in Western Washington that have spiked temperatures as much as 20 degrees above normal and stretched for days at least twice in August.—
CNN.com Wire Service,
Mercury News,
29 Aug. 2025
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Firefighters are battling the flames following intense heat waves in Western Washington that have spiked temperatures as much as 20 degrees above normal and stretched for days at least twice in August.—
Celina Tebor,
CNN Money,
28 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Residents in Fort Collins, Colorado, have been reporting sightings of wild rabbits with tentacle-like, black spiny growths around their mouths and faces, according to the local news station WFSB.—
Jasmine Laws,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Aug. 2025
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Dramatic red flowers, which are known as calyxes, feature soft, spiny petals that are both elegant and a little bit scary.—
Maggie Heyn Richardson,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The trip by Kim Jong Un's daughter, Kim Ju Ae, to China for a grand military parade to mark the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender and the official end of World War II in the Pacific, is her first international diplomatic outing and thrusts her to the forefront of the world stage.—
Robert Birsel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Sep. 2025
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Press your lower back into the floor beneath you, engage your core, and thrust your hips toward the ceiling.—
Jakob Roze,
Health,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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David McNew/Getty Images Dessler is just one of many leading climate scientists who voiced concerns about the DOE report, saying it is riddled with errors, shows signs of bias and misrepresents some research findings in order to downplay the threats from climate change.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Sep. 2025
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Large groups were indiscriminately huddled together and riddled with machine gun fire.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Pronged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pronged. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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