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Recent Examples of shin
Alice Gainer, CBS News, 14 May 2025
Try to keep your shins vertical and focus on keeping your knees in line with your toes.
—Hilary Achauer, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
Jump your feet forward so your knees are below your hips, shins off the floor.
—Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 7 July 2023
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Noun
In the photo, Ventura is wearing a shorter dress, and a bruise could be seen on her right shin.
—Alice Gainer, CBS News, 14 May 2025
Try to keep your shins vertical and focus on keeping your knees in line with your toes.
—Hilary Achauer, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2025
Verb
This length is most often used by mountaineers due to the use of taller boots that can rub against your calves and shins more dramatically.
—Meg Carney, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
Jump your feet forward so your knees are below your hips, shins off the floor.
—Ebenezer Samuel, Men's Health, 7 July 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shin
Noun
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The model, 55, also showed off her toned legs with the look, as the lace dress stopped at her mid thigh.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
23 June 2025
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Side slits let the oversized top drape effortlessly over the bottoms, while roomy thigh pockets keep essentials like your passport and cards within easy reach.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
22 June 2025
Verb
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The first season—the menstrual phase, known as inner winter—refers to the days of bleeding when hormone levels, such as estrogen and progesterone, are low and symptoms may include cramping, bloating, low energy levels, headaches skin blemishes and mood changes.—
Hatty Willmoth,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 May 2025
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Noyes skinned up Broad Fork in Big Cottonwood Canyon and skied down the east face of Twin Peak, followed by the Stairs Gulch.—
Jake Stern,
Outside Online,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Pascal Siakam had 16 points and 13 rebounds, while Tyrese Haliburton — playing through a strained calf — scored 14 points in 22 minutes, 52 seconds for the Pacers, who started slowly and then turned things into a blowout.—
Tim Reynolds,
Mercury News,
20 June 2025
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Despite star point guard Tyrese Haliburton’s playing with a calf injury, the Indiana Pacers staved off elimination Thursday to win Game 6 of the NBA Finals, 108-91, and push the best-of-seven series against Oklahoma City to its limit.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
20 June 2025
Verb
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Fanning out like urban guerrillas through Paris’ darkened streets well after midnight, the anti-waste activists shinny up walls and drain pipes, reaching for switches to turn off the lights. Click.—
The Christian Science Monitor,
The Christian Science Monitor,
3 Aug. 2022
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The slippery custom began a half-century ago merely as a means to dissuade drunken daredevils from attempting to shinny up the poles in order to mingle with paying guests.—
DOUG MACCASH | Staff writer,
NOLA.com,
25 Jan. 2021
Noun
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Harvest corn by pulling the ear downward and twisting to break the shank below without breaking the parent stalk.—
Sheryl Geerts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
13 June 2025
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Video of the shank circulated across social media, garnering hundreds of thousands of views in mere hours.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Apr. 2025
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“Shin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shin. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.
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