as in damn
the smallest amount or part imaginable
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Recent Examples of syllable
That is why Pärt’s music in English, with its many single-syllable words, consonant clusters and diphthongs, sounds one way.
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Jeffers Engelhardt, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
This means a lot of single-syllable words and even more neutral answers.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Its name pulls from the first syllables of each founder’s first name, while its design language centers on sleek minimalism and modern sensuality.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Sometimes the syllables would be kind of off.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Jeffers Engelhardt, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
This means a lot of single-syllable words and even more neutral answers.
—Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2025
Its name pulls from the first syllables of each founder’s first name, while its design language centers on sleek minimalism and modern sensuality.
—Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Sometimes the syllables would be kind of off.
—Nicole Fell, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for syllable
Noun
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Even for those in the North who didn’t care a damn for the four million held in brutal bondage, or those who wanted a soft, conciliatory approach, the war began to take on new and moral meaning.—
Jack Sheehan
September 4,
Literary Hub,
4 Sep. 2025
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At the start, the project required building a damn to drain the water from the facade.—
Sofia Celeste,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Though married to Betty Jo (Jeanne Tripplehorn, a hoot in femme-fatale mode), Dale was rumored to be gay.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
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Milvia Marigliano is a hoot as Coco Vulori, an old dear friend with some very loud opinions to express, and maybe the key to helping DeSantis solve his wife’s onetime unfaithfulness.—
Pete Hammond,
Deadline,
27 Aug. 2025
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Kershaw was on the winning end more often than not, but that didn’t mean the Giants didn’t also get in their licks.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
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From bouncy dancehall riddims and hip-hop production inflections to tender country and western guitar licks, Treasure Self Love distills Iké’s wide range of childhood music into a succinct 11-track study of achieving wholeness by unflinchingly examining the darkest parts of your past.—
Kyle Denis,
Billboard,
18 Sep. 2025
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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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The whit and the whoo are from different owls.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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SimpliSafe Home Security System Abode iota All-In-One Security Kit The Front Door Protection system reviewed here comes with a base unit, three door/window sensors, a motion sensor, a Nest Doorbell, and a Yale Assure Lock 2 (available in Black Suede or Satin Nickel).—
John R. Delaney,
PC Magazine,
11 Sep. 2025
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Remarkably, his passion and bravura haven’t diminished an iota with age.—
Tim Grierson,
Vulture,
16 Aug. 2025
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“Syllable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syllable. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.
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