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sibilant

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Recent Examples of sibilant Spelling Bee Tedious, invidious, devious, conquer, identify, magnify, sibilant, uranium. — John McPhee, The New Yorker, 13 Jan. 2025 What’s the rule on forming a singular possessive of a name ending with a sibilant? — Daniel Foster, National Review, 19 Sep. 2024 The superb soundtrack deepens that push-pull, in the sibilant whoosh of ocean waves, the gentle percussion of rain against a city window, the incessant murmur of an airport terminal. — Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Apr. 2023 The insectivorous choruses actually synchronize their sibilant symphonies in a deafening, but gorgeous, hum. — Ross Kenneth Urken, Scientific American, 14 June 2021

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The album’s official versions smooth out some of the buzzy sibilance of the bootlegs, but Hold Onto Me Infinity accommodates lots of tasteful clangs and wubs.

— H.D. Angel, Pitchfork, 2 June 2026
While Callahan’s baritone vocals are good and hefty, there’s a bit of undue sibilance in his voice.

— Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 1 Apr. 2026

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Georgia Tech appeared to have run back a long fumble return to score the first points, but the play was ruled dead, the whistle having blown before the fumble.

— Seth Emerson, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Turns out, that advice might have been useful far beyond the final whistle.

— Brittany Talarico, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026

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