thunks

plural of thunk

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Noun
  • Its business is structured across multiple verticals (commercial/commodity, institutional/execution, retail/FX & metals, and payments), giving it optionality to capture upside during commodity and FX booms.
    Jeffrey Hirsch, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Solomon said the massive amounts of spending weren’t fundamentally different from other booms and busts.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The intermittent pops of muzzle fire are drowned out as tank treads grind the asphalt down Washington Street toward the East River waterfront, where a 100-year-old carousel lays in ruin.
    Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Colorblocking seen in bold pops of colors.
    Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Owen Wilson’s Stick has been renewed for a second season; the news was likely received to just mild golf claps among the online golfing community.
    Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Bounces reporter Ben Rothenberg noted that the president received some claps as well.
    Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Kidman, sporting new bangs, wore an oversized white button-down shirt over baggy jeans.
    KiMi Robinson, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Nicole Kidman sported bangs with a fresh new wavy cut for the SS26 Chanel Runway Presentation for Paris Fashion Week.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Deeper down the road the slap of the drooping tropical tree branches against the windshield are like punishing whacks to the face for trying to force a metaphor.
    Matt Negrin, Rolling Stone, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Brush off hair and debris from the surface, then give it a few whacks against the inside of the trash can to knock out some of the dust.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • About a third of those crashes happened in the process of landing.
    Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 11 Oct. 2025
  • In The Last Frontier, a plane full of inmates crashes in Alaska, forcing local law enforcement and the CIA to work together to find them.
    Brittney Melton, NPR, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Authorities initially received reports that vehicles were involved in the crash, Sylvia said, but further investigation showed that there were no vehicles involved.
    Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • South Carolina authorities are investigating a possible arson attack on a state judge's house Saturday, which left the million-dollar waterfront mansion burned to the ground, according to authorities and local reports.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The anachronistic, startling tall ship and black mast, the word Dash clearly visible upon her prow, supposedly took the blasts and disappeared again.
    Leanna Renee Hieber, Big Think, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The first time was Game 5 of the 2021 NLCS when AJ Pollock and Chris Taylor each had multiple blasts.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
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“Thunks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thunks. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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