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
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.
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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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quicks
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For families The hotel has a kids club with supervised activities so that parents can dine, have spa treatments or shop to their hearts’ content.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 June 2026
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Our hearts go out to Joe's family, friends and the generations of neighbors who loved him.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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Five lining it up with four, leaving your guts and your heart out there.—
Tim Willert,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
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No formula or spreadsheet measures guts.—
Joel Lorenzi,
New York Times,
23 May 2026
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And the Mass, in its very Catholic nature, is really focused on … repose for the departed, to bring their souls from purgatory to heaven in the afterlife.—
Rod Stafford Hagwood,
Sun Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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The intrepid souls who choose to investigate further can discover something even more interesting.—
Sal Pizarro,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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About four months after leaving office, in May 2025, he was diagnosed with stage IV prostate cancer that had spread to his bones.—
Darlene Superville,
Fortune,
29 May 2026
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For many people, lighter bones might not be an issue.—
Bethany Brookshire,
Scientific American,
29 May 2026
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The scenery was breathtaking, but the thought of the approaching dusk loomed large in our minds.—
Patrick Connolly,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 May 2026
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This show works to understand how those two minds—both devoted to upending the art market by making work that’s not easily categorizable—entertain certain themes simultaneously.—
Zoë Hopkins,
New Yorker,
29 May 2026
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Instead, the team at the Field Museum used CT scans to take thousands of X-ray images, then compiled them to make a 3D model of the octopus, revealing its insides.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 May 2026
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The scans were used to make a three-dimensional model of the octopus, including its insides.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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“Quicks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quicks. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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