TENS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

tens

noun

Definition of tens

plural of ten

as in dolls

a physically attractive person promised me that she would fix me up with a ten

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Recent Examples of tens Peter Brown thought his new prefab home would be completed by at least 2027, but his contractor is asking for tens of thousands more to finish the job. — Jasmine Viel, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026 America has just opened tens of millions of children’s accounts that will need the same kind of matching. — Ashok Paudel, Fortune, 10 Nov. 2026 By the nonpartisan Legislative Analyst’s estimate, Prop 40 would probably have raised tens of billions of dollars over several years, 90 percent of it earmarked for health care to offset federal cuts. — Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Nov. 2026 In some stretches, the tilt swings by tens of degrees within decades. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 10 Nov. 2026 The data includes nearly 100 million passenger names and nearly 13 million active email addresses as well as tens of thousands of employee records and 500 million Microsoft Teams messages, according to court documents. — David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2026 Synagogues were burned, Jewish businesses were destroyed and tens of thousands of Jewish men were arrested. — Marc Schneier, New York Daily News, 10 Nov. 2026 Winter will make its first cameo in the eastern United States later this week as a storm ushers in the coldest temperatures in six months for tens of millions of people and the first snow for some. — Chris Dolce, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2026 Billionaire Elon Musk had spent tens of millions for dollars to back Republicans, and Abbott's campaign had spent $180 million since last year in what was thought to be a safe path to a fourth term. — Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026

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Noun

For more than 30 years, Diana Almendariz has worked with tule to keep her cultural traditions alive, creating baskets, dolls, ducks and other traditional items.

— Conor McGill, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026
Robots, Barbie dolls, Supermans, T-rexes and princesses began to form in a circular line around the perimeter of the gym.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of dolls

Noun

With titles like Pictures of the hundred beauties of flowerland, these guidebooks contained information on correct etiquette with courtesans, along with an overview of fees and tips.

— H.M.A. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 30 Oct. 2026
Before that, everyone was taking pep pills or methadone or black beauties, speed.

— Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of beauties

Noun

Menu favorites like vodka rigatoni appear alongside new dishes including a giant carbonara raviolo and lobster spaghetti fra diavolo.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 13 Nov. 2026
Smart suppers are best spent at the Anatolian Dining Pavilion, where Executive Chef Omer Ozkan Cam takes you through his take on traditional Turkish dishes.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Nov. 2026

Definition of dishes

Noun

Admired for his seriousness and for his eagerness to learn, as well as for his movie-star face and sturdy body, de Kooning was a looker in a city full of lookers.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 7 Sep. 2026
The analysis examined how many lookers pursued both living options across 50 large metropolitan areas, as well as a national benchmark.

— Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 4 May 2026

Definition of lookers

Noun

Trey Parker and Matt Stone’s ongoing satirical series at first appalled many viewers with its resolute political incorrectness and penchant for four-letter words from the mouths of babes, and that was nowhere more evident than in Cartman himself.

— Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Sep. 2026
What turns him on is cryptic babes, brawling men and stagy fables of lust, rivalry and possession.

— Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2026

Definition of babes

Noun

Specifically, the scientists found that a receptor protein in the ventromedial hypothalamus may form the basis for the foxes’ social behavior.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 6 Nov. 2026
Connie, whose cake is like glue inside, and Gary are once again at the bottom, with Gabe’s dynamite dinosaur and Tom’s foxy fox placing them at the top.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of foxes

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