tanks 1 of 2

present tense third-person singular of tank

tanks

2 of 2

noun

plural of tank

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tanks
Verb
  • Remind them their worth is non-negotiable When your child fails — gets cut from the team, bombs a test — remind them their value isn't up for debate.
    Jennifer Breheny Wallace, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Now, Russia’s and Ukraine’s Soviet-era tanks rumble across the battlefield covered in anti-drone nets and spikes, dangling chains and unwieldy cages.
    Marco Hernandez, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Remove tomato cages or stakes and place them in the storage shed.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • That’s where energy-efficient plug-in coolers and warmers come in.
    Melanie Marshall, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
  • There were no coolers flipped, no tablets thrown.
    Alec Lewis, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • On recovery, the fan collapses just as quickly, reducing drag.
    John Drake, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • Just moments later, the robot slips on a carpet and collapses to the ground, only to spring back upright in less than a second.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • By my count, there were at least a dozen more cells in Miami alone.
    Martin Suarez, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2025
  • For that to work, plant cells actually oxidize a carbon back off, releasing carbon dioxide, in order to create a two-carbon source for building lipids.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Even when synchronization works technically, legal enforceability often fails.
    Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Democratic Party is in shambles because it has become consumed by leadership that wants to have cerebral debates over abstract concepts, and the Republican Party brand, vis-à-vis its own leadership, fails to appeal to greater masses because of its fascination with uninformed arrogance.
    Fabian Naranjo Gonzalez, Oc Register, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Other families were seen pushing and pulling makeshift wagons piled high with mattresses, empty jugs of water, clothes and other basics needed for survival.
    Aya Batrawy, NPR, 5 Sep. 2025
  • No matter the time of day, there’s usually a cluster of people standing around it, each of them filling up empty bottles and gallon jugs.
    Caroline Rogers, Southern Living, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Táparo, a 31-year-old from the Santa Catarina region of Brazil, is an early pioneer of Italian brainrot music, a burgeoning macro-genre that folds the cast of characters into songs for every possible vibe.
    Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The durable Oxford cloth fabric resists wear and weather, while the frame folds into a surprisingly compact shape for its size.
    Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2025
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“Tanks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tanks. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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