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as in cheeks
the part of the body upon which someone sits
get your tail in here
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as in to chase
to go after or on the track of
detectives tailed the suspect to see where he was going at that time of the evening
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Recent Examples of tail
Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
Streaming fundamentally altered the economics of filmmaking by replacing long-tail revenue streams with a single license fee.
—Ted Hope, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
Vast numbers of gregarious Central Texas grackles — the separate common and great-tailed species — assemble by the thousands at night, especially during the winter.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Vertebrae are quickly aligned behind the skull and extended through the end of the tail.
—Jeff Wilson, Outdoor Life, 11 Mar. 2026
Streaming fundamentally altered the economics of filmmaking by replacing long-tail revenue streams with a single license fee.
—Ted Hope, IndieWire, 11 Mar. 2026
Verb
Biles and Owens were only living in their brand new Houston, Texas-area home for a day and a half before high-tailing it to Milan.
—Rob Ledonne, Vogue, 19 Feb. 2026
Vast numbers of gregarious Central Texas grackles — the separate common and great-tailed species — assemble by the thousands at night, especially during the winter.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tail
Noun
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Instead, the man was confronted by an MMA fighter, a Russian YouTuber and their camera-carrying entourage, who were livestreaming the interaction to thousands of viewers online.—
Shira Moolten,
Sun Sentinel,
5 Mar. 2026
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The logs showed that Clinton and his entourage had taken four international trips in 2002 and 2003 on the financier's Boeing 727 to locations including Bangkok, Brunei, Rwanda, Russia, China and elsewhere.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
2 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Makeup artist Ernesto Casillas applied a flushed, rosy blush to Zendaya's cheeks and mimicked the color with Vuitton's LV Rouge Matte Lipstick in Rose Odysseé on her lips, finishing with a soft brown eye shadow and a few flicks of mascara.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
10 Mar. 2026
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The result was a kind of gasp or snarl configuration of my cheeks and lips.—
Paul Keane,
Hartford Courant,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Outhouse is one of three highly respected defensive backs at North Crowley.—
Charles Baggarly,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Mar. 2026
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If people believe a technology is being built on their backs, the backlash that follows is difficult to reverse.—
Eric Schmidt,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
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But Sporting didn’t want to be chasing the ball for long stretches, and the players didn’t manage to keep possession often enough.—
Daniel Sperry,
Kansas City Star,
8 Mar. 2026
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How to Plan a Trip Trying to follow the original Route 66 today can feel a bit like chasing smoke.—
Zoey Goto,
Travel + Leisure,
8 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trying to warm up your bum from the cold was said to produce heavier periods.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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For ski bums looking to hit the Colorado slopes without slogging through I-70 traffic, there’s no better destination than Winter Park.—
Sarah Cahalan,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The man’s death marks Kansas City’s 24th homicide of 2026, compared to 26 at this time last year, according to data tracked by The Star, which includes fatal police shootings.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
11 Mar. 2026
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Home heating oil, however, tracks closely diesel fuel because they are refined in a similar way.—
Kenneth R. Gosselin,
Hartford Courant,
10 Mar. 2026
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Republican heavyweights Young Kim and Ken Calvert are set to battle in Orange County’s only safe GOP seat, a costly primary forced by redistricting.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 Mar. 2026
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Life spills outside though, where the terraces offer a front-row seat to the famously dramatic cliffs and sea.—
Angela Tafoya,
Vogue,
9 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The result is a House Republican Conference that has largely outsourced its political judgment to a president pursuing a policy that polling suggests is actively damaging its midterm prospects.—
Jay Caruso,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Mar. 2026
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Even without race-conscious admissions, many schools want to pursue creating more racially and socioeconomically diverse student bodies.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
12 Mar. 2026
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“Tail.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tail. Accessed 13 Mar. 2026.
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