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
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).
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Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for quicks
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Where would our legacy live, if banned from the Internet, besides our heads and our hearts?—
Rodney Carmichael,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Cameron James After learning French to woo Bianca as the lovesick Cameron, Gordon-Levitt continued to steal our hearts in other film appearances, most notably the 2009 indie hit (500) Days of Summer.—
Sophie Dodd,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Instead, the severity of Barkov’s injury hit Finland’s Olympic hockey team like a punch in the guts.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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But with some notable exceptions, particularly during the 1968 Tet Offensive, network news cameras generally got nowhere close enough to combat in order to film blood, guts, and gore.—
Time,
Time,
20 Sep. 2025
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That means just about any food-and-Miami related subject is fair game, from who picks the avocados and celebrations of the different culinary cultures of Miami to why everyone in this town is willing to sell their literal souls and possibly their children for mangoes every summer.—
Connie Ogle,
Miami Herald,
30 Sep. 2025
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The film stars Elizabeth Olsen, Miles Teller, and Callum Turner in a story set in the afterlife, where souls have one week to choose their eternal fate.—
Clayton Davis,
Variety,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An alligator's diet can include chicken liver, rats and animal parts, including bones and cartilage.—
Natalie Davies,
Freep.com,
2 Oct. 2025
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Best Interactive Plush Baby’s first plush pal is always ready to play—no bones about it!—
Pamela Brill,
Parents,
2 Oct. 2025
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But housing was also on the minds of the organizers.—
Ashley Hiruko,
ProPublica,
6 Oct. 2025
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And then the manager told them something that blew their minds.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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The first trick to being a seagoing transparent organism is to make your insides clear.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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The Red Planet’s mantle is permanently trapped beneath an unmoving outer crust preserving the planet’s insides.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Quicks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/quicks. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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