sterns

Definition of sternsnext
plural of stern

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Noun
  • Shinichi Atobe’s arresting house and techno beams with inimitable candor, built from bright, phlegmatic loops that run on an eccentric internal logic.
    Maxie Younger, Pitchfork, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The work involved the removal and replacement of floor beams and repairs to center lock components of the drawbridge.
    Adam Harrington, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • For most people, National Puppy Day is a chance to celebrate wagging tails, tiny paws, and the joy puppies bring to everyday life.
    Kendall Malinchock, USA Today, 23 Mar. 2026
  • It’s paired with twin tails inspired by Ferrari’s 512 S, which beat Steve McQueen’s Porsche 908 at the 1970 12 Hours of Sebring.
    Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The women stood on the doorsteps with their rumps to the crowd, skirts lifted to flash tattered green knickers.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 13 Mar. 2026
  • He has been vilified for his notorious drawings of oversized women with ample rumps and thick, powerful legs, definitely objectified and more or less turned into meat-at-the-ready.
    David Zane Mairowitz, Rolling Stone, 22 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • The gratification was immediate; tears glistened on fans’ cheeks as the lights pulsed on stage.
    Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 24 Mar. 2026
  • His sparkling eyes and rosy cheeks were undeniably adorable.
    Gaby Del Valle, Harpers Magazine, 24 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • In addition to the trout lily, Georgia’s spring ephemerals include bloodroot, toothwort, harbinger of spring, wild geranium, blue cohosh, twinleaf, May-apple, Virginia bluebell, celandine poppy, Dutchman’s breeches, spring beauty, wood anemone, windflower, bleeding heart, phacelia and more.
    Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Worse even than poetry with a palpable design on us, as Keats didn’t quite say, is poetry that puts its hands in its breeches pockets and delivers a lecture in the expectation of applause.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Sterns.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sterns. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.

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