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Recent Examples of teacup
Each galaxy is like a spinning teacup, but the whole platform – the cosmic filament — is rotating too.
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
All things mini, from charcuterie boards to teacup-sized tambourines, are trending.
—Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
Even secondary characters and park-specific icons, like the Haunted Mansion’s Hat Box Ghost and Chip and Dale in a Mad Tea Party teacup, are included.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Alina cradled her teacup, half awestruck.
—Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
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Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Dec. 2025
All things mini, from charcuterie boards to teacup-sized tambourines, are trending.
—Kristen Kidd, Denver Post, 26 Nov. 2025
Even secondary characters and park-specific icons, like the Haunted Mansion’s Hat Box Ghost and Chip and Dale in a Mad Tea Party teacup, are included.
—Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Alina cradled her teacup, half awestruck.
—Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teacup
Noun
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Drain and reserve about 1/2 cup cooking water, and drain pasta.—
Martha Stewart,
Martha Stewart,
5 Feb. 2026
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Head to Andersonville this weekend for its annual Fika Fest, a celebration of a Swedish custom that encourages people to slow down for a cup of coffee and socialize.—
Jennifer Day,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Feb. 2026
Noun
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On May 17, a bomb rocked Palm Springs, California – shaking structures for several blocks, shattering glass and leveling one innocuous-looking building.—
Curt Devine,
CNN Money,
10 Feb. 2026
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Arsenal, with their glass-half-full mentality, might think that dreadful sequence has to come to an end sometime.—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Aim to create a goblet-like tree shape, which is the most efficient for growing large harvests of apples.—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 Feb. 2026
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Keep an eye out for red water goblets for storing candy in.—
Ashley Poskin,
Martha Stewart,
1 Feb. 2026
Noun
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To an extent Amorim was handed a chalice which has felt forever poisoned.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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The whole quest for the Holy Grail—the magical chalice Jesus drank from during the Last Supper or, alternately, which Joseph used to collect Jesus’s blood at the cross—is the raison d’etre for exploits of Arthur and his knights.—
Adam Erace,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Jan. 2026
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“Teacup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teacup. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.
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