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falling short of a standard she plays a punk game of tennis, so you won't have any trouble beating her

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Recent Examples of punk
Adjective
Dammers’s recollection of this time will strike a chord with many people who were there: For me, reggae made punk gigs bearable. Ian Penman, Harper's Magazine, 19 Feb. 2025 The five smudge shades are named after punk music culture. India Espy-Jones, Essence, 10 Dec. 2024
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It’s made for people like me, the punk kids, the surf community and the people who can’t help but create. Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 28 May 2025 Devil May Cry Perhaps the show most tonally opposite to The Last of Us on this list, Netflix’s Devil May Cry is a riotous, colorful blast of punk energy. Barry Levitt, Time, 26 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for punk
Recent Examples of Synonyms for punk
Adjective
  • And sometimes the soldiers can do things which are totally unacceptable and can be called crimes.
    Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 6 June 2025
  • Tools that pose an unacceptable threat to rights or safety are banned outright.
    Dan Fitzpatrick, Forbes.com, 5 June 2025
Adjective
  • There’s no doubt that Lewis, abandoned as a baby by his parents, has done some horrible stuff.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 May 2025
  • Given the horrible economic incentives that government regulation has created, the surprise is not that some patients experience mistreatment.
    John C. Goodman, Forbes.com, 24 May 2025
Adjective
  • Each year, about 48 million people in the U.S. get sick with foodborne illnesses, 128,000 are hospitalized, and 3,000 die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
    Stephanie Armour, Miami Herald, 29 May 2025
  • Pregnant women are at high risk of serious complications from the virus and their newborns are in danger of getting really sick from COVID.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 28 May 2025
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  • Like sommeliers who make wine accessible to novices while satisfying connoisseurs, effective tech leaders communicate complex concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
    Dennis Kozak, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025
  • Unfortunately, many new nurses leave their programs without adequate hands-on experience and confidence, putting pressure on experienced nurses to mentor novices without additional compensation for training.
    Shakira Henderson, Sun Sentinel, 18 May 2025
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  • That theft is believed to have led to the brazen kidnapping in suburban Connecticut of the parents of one of Lam’s alleged co-conspirators by a crew of thugs from Florida who prosecutors say planned to hold the parents for ransom from their newly rich son.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 15 May 2025
  • Their reckless, soft-on-crime policies emboldened criminals and thugs; wreaked havoc on the sanctity of our homes, businesses, and public spaces; instilled fear; and jeopardized public trust.
    Jenna deJong, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • Duluth, Minnesota, has installed effective and unobtrusive signs at each beach entrance next to a garbage receptacle.
    John Michael Pierobon, Sun Sentinel, 25 May 2025
  • Allegiance The Resistance, led by General Leia Organa, regroups on the garbage planet Anoat, while Finn and Poe go on a secret mission to retrieve a weapons cache to increase their dwindling arsenal.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 May 2025
Adjective
  • While much of the plot remains under lock and key, THR can reveal that one point revolves around the son of Stiller and Polo’s characters, who gets engaged to a ball-busting woman who seems all wrong for him.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 30 May 2025
  • There’s a right way and a wrong way to do it Matt Sekerke is a managing director at SEDA Experts and senior macro advisor at Hiddenite Capital Partners.
    Matt Sekerke, Fortune, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Kids these days have attention spans crushed under the terrible weight of TikTok and Instgram.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • My heart goes out to the victims of this terrible tragedy, and the Great People of Boulder, Colorado!
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 2 June 2025

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“Punk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punk. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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