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Recent Examples of rump The deal comes as investor interest in AI code writing startups is running at fever pitch after Google spoiled OpenAI’s takeover of Windsurf by poaching key execs in a $2.4 billion deal announced this week, with the rump of the company bought by rival Cognition. Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025 According to Interior Wildlife, the porcupine's rump was the only spot rescuers could reach through the plane's small window opening. Moná Thomas, People.com, 5 June 2025 The south was not fully occupied by Nazi forces until 1942, with the country administered by a rump state, Vichy France. Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025 Atatürk forged the modern Turkish state from the rump of the Ottoman Empire in part by focusing Turkish identity on nation rather than on faith. Reuel Marc Gerecht, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for rump
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Noun
  • The bird had blue feathers on its back and tail and white spots on its wings, similar to a blue jay.
    Amanda Schupak, CNN Money, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Experts previously believed the tail was the main propulsive organ in nothosaurs.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The videoboard showed Fry, a bandage applied beneath his nose and stretching to both cheeks, waving the flag on the third-base line as the crowd roared.
    Zack Meisel, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Skeet is a diminutive figure with short, gray hair, and a round face with prominent cheeks.
    Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Jose Mourinho had just got up from his seat in the Benfica dugout, at the start of the game, when the Chelsea supporters in the Matthew Harding Stand at Stamford Bridge started to serenade him.
    Stuart James, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • As the applause continued, Clooney kissed his wife Amal, who looked emotional in her seat just behind him.
    Jen Juneau, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Cora planned for his players to test the right fielder’s bum elbow — the Red Sox always attack pinstriped vulnerabilities on the basepaths — and sure enough Nick Sogard turned a single into a double in the seventh because Judge can’t throw the ball.
    Ian O'Connor, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Among them are South Korean’s CIA Director (Ryoo Seung-bum) and the Japanese Deputy Minister of Transport (Takayuki Yamada).
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025

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“Rump.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rump. Accessed 5 Oct. 2025.

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