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Recent Examples of stiletto
Offered in a variety of heights, whether flat, kitten heel, or three-inch stilettos, there's an option to suit your comfort level.
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Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
Prada’s Statement Pump The modern pump isn’t just a three-inch stiletto any longer.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Cut-off shorts were worn long and paired with stiletto boots, while baggy jeans featured intricate lattices of cutouts.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
Jenner completed the flirty look with matching bubblegum pink stiletto nails and wore bubblegum pink blush on the apples of her cheeks.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
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Gabrielle Porcaro, Travel + Leisure, 26 Oct. 2025
Prada’s Statement Pump The modern pump isn’t just a three-inch stiletto any longer.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 24 Oct. 2025
Cut-off shorts were worn long and paired with stiletto boots, while baggy jeans featured intricate lattices of cutouts.
—Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 20 Oct. 2025
Jenner completed the flirty look with matching bubblegum pink stiletto nails and wore bubblegum pink blush on the apples of her cheeks.
—Starr Bowenbank, PEOPLE, 19 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stiletto
Noun
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Thanks to Lin’s immortal mother, Zi Yuan (Michelle Yeoh), and a magical dagger that strips the Emperor of his immortality, Rick and Alex defeat him.—
Samantha Stutsman,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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The moment unofficially sealed the Commanders’ 38-14 defeat and appears to be the dagger in a disappointing season that already had flickering hopes entering this game.—
Nicki Jhabvala,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Jackson said Burgin threatened her with a handgun and also has a rifle and a switchblade, the filing says.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
20 May 2025
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The agency shares that knives of any length, including switchblades, are not permitted on board aircraft and through TSA checkpoints.—
Michael Cappetta,
Travel + Leisure,
8 May 2025
Noun
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Use a sharp knife to cut rolls into ¼-inch slices.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Nov. 2025
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Heule used a computational Swiss Army knife called satisfiability, or SAT, to whittle them into submission.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Mind you, the entire infantry kit in those days didn't go far beyond a rifle, bayonet, canteen, mess tins, and an entrenching tool balanced with the odd hand grenade.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
26 Oct. 2025
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Security and prosperity proved strong enticements to accepting imperial rule, even if those benefits came at the point of a bayonet.—
Time,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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He is often seen shirtless with a large hat on his head and a machete on his hip.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
5 Nov. 2025
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Ari Lehman, Warrington Gillette and Ken Kirzinger were some of the actors who played the sinister figure of Jason Voorhees before the machete was passed on to Derek Mears in the 2009 version of Friday the 13th.—
Stephanie Sengwe,
PEOPLE,
30 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This includes openly carrying the famous Jim Bowie knife, as well as daggers, dirks, throwing knives, stilettos, poniards, swords, machetes and spears.—
John Tufts,
USA TODAY,
30 Aug. 2017
Noun
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How did the pocketknife wind up on the sideline of a college football game?—
Sam McDowell
October 16,
Kansas City Star,
16 Oct. 2025
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Leipold said in his postgame press conference that a pocketknife had been thrown during the game and had hit a member of Kansas’ staff.—
Jamie Barton,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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The workers blamed Landi — who was still in charge — for their troubles, and an image of Landi posing, pirate-style, with a cartoon-villain expression and a cutlass between his teeth became a symbol for Eutelia’s misdeeds.—
Atossa Araxia Abrahamian Atossa Araxia Abrahamian,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
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The ultimate prop was the pirate flag, which could be decorated with a skull and crossbones (as in the classic Jolly Roger design), bleeding hearts, hourglasses, spears, cutlasses and skeletons.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2024
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“Stiletto.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stiletto. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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