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Recent Examples of tippy
Stand with your feet about shoulder-width apart and slowly raise your heels off the ground, coming up onto your tippy toes.
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Jakob Roze, Health, 26 Dec. 2025
Videos taken from the Aug. 27 concert show the former Fifth Harmony member balancing on her tippy toes after the high heel of one of her boots broke off.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
But bonds are a lot less risky than today’s tippy toppy S&P 500.
—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Rumbold remembers standing on his tippy toes to interview 7-6 Manute Bol, the Whalers trials and travails, the UConn championships, high school highlights and the state’s later Little League champs among the many favorite stories.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
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Jakob Roze, Health, 26 Dec. 2025
Videos taken from the Aug. 27 concert show the former Fifth Harmony member balancing on her tippy toes after the high heel of one of her boots broke off.
—Michelle Lee, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
But bonds are a lot less risky than today’s tippy toppy S&P 500.
—William Baldwin, Forbes.com, 25 Aug. 2025
Rumbold remembers standing on his tippy toes to interview 7-6 Manute Bol, the Whalers trials and travails, the UConn championships, high school highlights and the state’s later Little League champs among the many favorite stories.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tippy
Adjective
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Red lines and deadlines imposed by the United States, even when backed by the threat of genocide, can turn out to be rather wobbly.—
Simon Shuster,
The Atlantic,
9 Apr. 2026
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Despite the outsized headline figure, there were further indications that the job market remains wobbly.—
Rob Wile,
NBC news,
3 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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At a tipsy, intimate dinner with two of their friends mere nights before the wedding, Emma reveals the worst thing she’s ever done.—
Hannah Jocelyn,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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Kylie’s friends were seemingly tipsy and hungry and arguing over a bag of The Good Crisp Company Original Potato Chips, Crinkle Cut.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The rebound in stocks means 401(k) plans, individual retirement accounts and personal portfolios invested in funds that track the S&P 500 or other US stock benchmarks are recovering after a rocky few weeks.—
John Towfighi,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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In 2009, the road for his business grew rocky.—
Hannarose McGuinness,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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The early returns were shaky, but with some adjustments — and with some time — Brown has brought the best version of his All-Star center to the floor.—
Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
11 Apr. 2026
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One possibility is that the ceasefire lasts only two weeks, is shaky throughout – as seen with Israel’s bombing of Lebanon after the ceasefire was declared – and war resumes.—
Donald Heflin,
The Conversation,
10 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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This control scheme can get a little wonky with the mist attachment, as the ChillPill didn’t always recognize it during testing.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
18 Apr. 2026
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And the lines were kind of wonky and weird and sort of like punchlines.—
Victoria Edel,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Navigating the dump was precarious.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
15 Apr. 2026
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Recent federal legislation has made the financial outlook for rural hospitals more precarious.—
Daniel R. George,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
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“Tippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tippy. Accessed 22 Apr. 2026.
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