as in canoe
a small, light boat that is usually for only one person
She rowed the skiff to her favorite spot on the pond and cast her line.
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Recent Examples of skiff
By Saturday evening, Savannah's Richmond Hill neighborhood was transformed into a network of canals navigable by skiff boat, or in a pinch, recreational paddle boards.
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Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
The skiff and windsurfing competitions are scheduled from July 28 through August 1 and August 2, respectively, while the dinghy races will go from August 1 through August 7.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 28 July 2024
Up next: Men’s skiff medal race, Aug. 1 at 8:43 a.m.
Oliver Bub, rowing
CT connection: Westport
Bub and partner Billy Bender finished sixth with a time of 6:46.11 in their semifinal heat of the men’s pair.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
Finals for all the categories—windsurfing, one-person dinghy, two-person dinghy, skiff, and mixed multihull—are spread out between August 1 and August 8.
—Michael Calore, WIRED, 24 July 2024
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Claire Thornton, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2024
The skiff and windsurfing competitions are scheduled from July 28 through August 1 and August 2, respectively, while the dinghy races will go from August 1 through August 7.
—Madeline Fitzgerald, Quartz, 28 July 2024
Up next: Men’s skiff medal race, Aug. 1 at 8:43 a.m.
Oliver Bub, rowing
CT connection: Westport
Bub and partner Billy Bender finished sixth with a time of 6:46.11 in their semifinal heat of the men’s pair.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 31 July 2024
Finals for all the categories—windsurfing, one-person dinghy, two-person dinghy, skiff, and mixed multihull—are spread out between August 1 and August 8.
—Michael Calore, WIRED, 24 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for skiff
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The best specimens have wound up at historical societies and museums, including a Menominee canoe currently sitting in Smithsonian Institution storage in Maryland.Jacqueline Kehoe, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Dec. 2024
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The Wabanaki have been at home in the terrain for thousands of years, and Henry David Thoreau made three trips to these woods in the 19th century, climbing mountains and paddling a canoe.Everett Potter, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Take a kayak trip to the island’s many disparate aquatic ecosystems from salt marshes to the intracoastal waterway.Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 6 Jan. 2025
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The company offered two-hour sessions with elephants that included activities ranging from cooking classes to kayak sessions.Andrea Margolis, Fox News, 6 Jan. 2025
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Huang announced a raft of new chips, software and services, aiming to stay at the forefront of artificial intelligence computing.Kif Leswing, CNBC, 8 Jan. 2025
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From the region: Syria’s interim government has ordered a raft of changes to the country’s school curriculum — including editing the textbooks.Natasha Frost, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
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The Shipwreck Bar is an actual schooner that once belonged to the resort’s original owner.Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2024
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The schooner’s South Australian owner escaped conviction on slavery charges because the prosecution didn’t have enough evidence to prove that working conditions at the ship’s destination of Fiji constituted slavery.Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Dec. 2024
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The sailboats in the force ranged from day cruisers to 150-foot racing yachts.David Wolman, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
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Guo also gained notoriety for palling around with Trump adviser Steve Bannon, whose 2020 arrest on his own fraud charges took place on the tycoon’s yacht.Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 6 Jan. 2025
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There is a castle, an annual Shakespeare festival, a boat club (barges, mainly, given that Staffordshire has more miles of canal than any other county in England) and two semi-professional football clubs.Daniel Taylor, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Chilling temperatures signaled its return, but so did an important annual ritual: the last barge heading downriver from the Twin Cities, bringing the 2024 shipping season to an end.Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 3 Dec. 2024
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Up next: Men’s pair sculls semifinal, July 30 5:10 a.m. Napheesa Collier, Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi, women’s basketball CT connection: UConn All three former Huskies stars started for Team USA in a 102-76 rout of Japan.Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 29 July 2024
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British rower Imogen Grant — who won gold with Emily Craig in the women's lightweight double sculls on Aug. 2 — offered an in-depth look at the special display box and certificate that athletes are given to store their Olympic medals in a video shared on TikTok.Natasha Dye, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2024
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“Skiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/skiff. Accessed 16 Jan. 2025.
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