Thesaurus results for QUICKS

quicks

noun

plural of quick

as in hearts

the seat of one's deepest thoughts and emotions that nasty comment cut me to the quick

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Recent Examples of quicks Udara and Kamindu counterattacked against the four West Indies quicks at nearly five runs per over and Udara completed his half-century off 59 balls with his eighth boundary. — ABC News, 3 July 2026 If Cummins is ruled out beyond the series opener, starting on November 21, Australia will need more than one answer in a five-Test series with short gaps and two senior quicks managing workloads. — Sukhman Singh, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025 As one of the marquee burners in the talent-rich fields of Los Angeles, Ross has Power 4 quicks — Notre Dame, Washington and Auburn were among the blue-blood offers — on a mid-major frame (5-foot-10, 180 pounds). — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025

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Noun

The imagery particularly works for Haaland, 6ft 5in (196cm) and fond of a 6,000-calorie-a-day diet that includes cow hearts, liver and raw milk.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 10 July 2026
Boise Police Chief Chris Dennison, in a Thursday night news release announcing Wardlaw’s arrest, said the department’s hearts were with the young man’s family and friends.

— Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 10 July 2026

Definition of hearts

Noun

All that time with each other must have mattered to their souls, must have bound them together in ways that Will never bothered to care about.

— Emily Ruskovich, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
For the brave souls among us, Raccoon Mountain also offers spelunking with a guide in their Wild Cave Expeditions package.

— Mary Catherine McAnnally Scott, Southern Living, 4 July 2026

Definition of souls

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That report, released in 2021, found hair, bones and other indications of cattle in 32% of wolf scat samples collected during the summers of 2017, 2018 and 2019, compared to 51% from deer.

— Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 8 July 2026
For decades, some museums interpreted the law as applying to human bones but not necessarily hair, despite protests from Native groups.

— Devorah Lauter, ARTnews.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of bones

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Social media and technology firms employ some of the brightest minds in the world and increasingly sophisticated AI tools to maximize user engagement.

— Paul Jester, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2026
Supply chains weren’t at the forefront of the minds of healthcare organizations before 2020.

— Lyssanoel Frater, USA Today, 8 July 2026

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