THREE-CARD MONTES Synonyms: 36 Similar Words

three-card montes

noun

plural of three-card monte

as in thimblerigs

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Arm moves into mainframes Arm processors have become widely used across cloud infrastructure, mobile devices and increasingly AI computing.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 25 Aug. 2026
Philadelphia School District officials told CBS News Philadelphia that schools are responsible for determining how students' devices will be secured during the school day.

— Wakisha Bailey, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026

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There’s a delightful secret history of Hollywood directors whose ruses and stratagems bought them an unusual amount of leeway with their scripts.

— Richard Brody, New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2026
There are some other fun stats in there, including a ranking of the game's most popular stratagems.

— Ian Stokes, Space.com, 3 Mar. 2026

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These weren't what the school provided us, except for the tennis balls themselves, but everything else — the rackets, the shoes, the ball machine, the bags, even the leaf blower — all of those things were fundraised by the kids.

— Carmela Karcher, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
And Jim Payne, the same friend who’d helped Alex and Geddy buy tennis rackets that afternoon in Monroe, eventually joined Better Than Ezra.

— Kevin Griffin, Rolling Stone, 19 Aug. 2026

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The gimbal-mounted camera can also respond to your gestures like a friendly robot with nods and little jigs.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Aug. 2026
By publishing interface dimensions for custom jigs and providing a software SDK, Morpho allows users and partners to design their own fixtures, create custom workflows, and extend the machine for new applications.

— Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 20 July 2026

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