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Recent Examples of pronged
Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
This compact blender–food processor combo brings the pronged blade design Ninja blenders are known for to a smaller, more compact appliance.
—Good Housekeeping, 13 July 2023
Amidst the towering saguaro and pronged organ pipe cacti of southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, a 30-foot-tall fence snakes through the vegetation, shadowed by a barren strip of land that’s been carved into the mountainsides.
—Lucy Sherriff, Popular Science, 6 Jan. 2021
That’s why taking a multi-pronged approach to developing a talent pool will also help employees realize more of their potential while keeping them engaged.
—Neil Khaund, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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Adjective
We’ve been asked to be gentle and diligent with these giant, pronged implements.
—Hazlitt, 20 Sep. 2023
This compact blender–food processor combo brings the pronged blade design Ninja blenders are known for to a smaller, more compact appliance.
—Good Housekeeping, 13 July 2023
Amidst the towering saguaro and pronged organ pipe cacti of southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, a 30-foot-tall fence snakes through the vegetation, shadowed by a barren strip of land that’s been carved into the mountainsides.
—Lucy Sherriff, Popular Science, 6 Jan. 2021
That’s why taking a multi-pronged approach to developing a talent pool will also help employees realize more of their potential while keeping them engaged.
—Neil Khaund, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pronged
Adjective
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The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole in the wall behind it and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 June 2025
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Louisiana Attorney General's Office via AP The group of inmates escaped by yanking open a faulty cell door, removing a toilet, crawling through a hole and scaling a barbed wire fence in the early morning hours when a lone guard left to get food.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
9 June 2025
Adjective
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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
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How Stem Segments Tell the Difference The Thanksgiving cactus has the spikiest stem segments of the three varieties, and its pollen is yellow.—
Emma Phelps,
Southern Living,
30 Oct. 2023
Adjective
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Sandwiched between the ocean and the Oregon Coast Range, U.S. Route 101 traces the state’s entire coastline, with wide beaches and jagged sea stacks on one side of the road and thickets of evergreen forest on the other.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
17 June 2025
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While icebergs and rocky shorelines dominate the Antarctic coastline that cruise ships navigate, the heart of the continent is another world, one of shimmering blue ice tunnels and crevasses, jagged mountain peaks, and vast moonscapes.—
Chloe Berge,
Outside Online,
17 June 2025
Adjective
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Likewise, the unemployment rate for those ages 20 to 24 with some college experience but no degree, as well as those of the same age demographic with a master’s degree or higher, spiked last month.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
17 June 2025
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Two strong lumbermen with spiked poles pushed and tugged at the logs, slowly opening a passage.—
Robeson Bailey,
Outdoor Life,
11 June 2025
Adjective
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Binh’s spiny frogs were found near forest streams between elevations of about 1,000 to 2,500 feet, the study said.—
Aspen Pflughoeft,
Miami Herald,
12 June 2025
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Lurking in spiny armor below the waves, sea urchin is a luscious and briny delicacy.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
11 June 2025
Verb
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The characters in Eurydice do this dance between living and dying, between feeling and forgetting, throughout the play, and are thrust again and again into heartache as a result.—
Pamela Newton
June 24,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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When a harrowing incident forces Wash to flee, he is thrust into a globe-spanning adventure that challenges and reshapes his understanding of family, freedom, and love.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
24 June 2025
Verb
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Eazy The Block Captain and Shields also hopped into the fray, with Eazy disputing Papoose’s claim that he was punched unconscious and challenging him to a fight.—
Preezy Brown,
VIBE.com,
6 Jan. 2025
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Rosa went on to detail that one of the young women punched her in the face, causing her glasses to fly to the floor, at which point a second teen grabbed a pouch containing Rosa's ID and medical records.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
5 Jan. 2025
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“Pronged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pronged. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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