as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
you're not making a syllable of sense
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Recent Examples of syllable
And Falkous, for all that his bursts of mad atonality hit the ear first, knows precisely where to hammer in every syllable for the maximum impact.
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Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026
In Latin and English, the two sounds - ks - can be at the end of a syllable but not the beginning, Bate says.
—James Doubek, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
What Shakespeare demands in his language is that every syllable has specificity and justification.
—Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
Babcock, 23, found himself among a semicircle of reporters in their 40s who were hanging on Gabriel’s every syllable.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
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Alex Robert Ross, Pitchfork, 25 Mar. 2026
In Latin and English, the two sounds - ks - can be at the end of a syllable but not the beginning, Bate says.
—James Doubek, NPR, 17 Mar. 2026
What Shakespeare demands in his language is that every syllable has specificity and justification.
—Charlotte Observer, 25 Feb. 2026
Babcock, 23, found himself among a semicircle of reporters in their 40s who were hanging on Gabriel’s every syllable.
—Brad Townsend, Dallas Morning News, 19 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syllable
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What is emerging instead is a stewardship model that treats vital ecosystems, like coral reefs, as dynamic systems requiring maintenance, repair, and adaptation, much like roads, damns, and power grids.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
23 Feb. 2026
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My parents have no idea what’s happening because legacy media is not reporting on anything worth a damn.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Feb. 2026
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Aziza Scott is a hoot as Anna’s pregnant best friend/real-talk Greek chorus of sorts, and Coiro herself doles out zingers as a random tourist on a bus.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
9 Apr. 2026
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And Donnie was so into it and so prepared, and just a hoot.—
Rebecca Milzoff,
Billboard,
31 Mar. 2026
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McCoy Moore was a modest 16-year-old Florida high school sophomore with no discernable musical talent — didn’t sing or write, couldn’t play a lick of guitar, and had no plans to do any of it — until his mom somehow got him inside Luke Combs’ tour bus.—
Ben Crandell,
Sun Sentinel,
7 Apr. 2026
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The Bruins didn’t play a lick of defense in their only home loss of the season – a 98-97 overtime defeat against Indiana.—
Aaron Heisen,
Daily News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Moreover, Trump cares not a whit about bringing drug traffickers to justice.—
Peter Kornbluh,
Washington Post,
5 Jan. 2026
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Miss Keaton…is not a whit like the flustered ingénue she was cast to play.—
Chris Morris,
Variety,
11 Oct. 2025
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“Syllable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllable. Accessed 13 Apr. 2026.
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