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Recent Examples of tippy
But bonds are a lot less risky than today’s tippy toppy S&P 500.
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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
There’s a bunch of weirdos in a building wearing tutus and standing on their tippy toes.
—Zoe G. Phillips, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2025
Or, close your eyes, reach your arms overhead and lift up on the tippy toes of both feet.
—Katy Bowman, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
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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
There’s a bunch of weirdos in a building wearing tutus and standing on their tippy toes.
—Zoe G. Phillips, HollywoodReporter, 28 Apr. 2025
Or, close your eyes, reach your arms overhead and lift up on the tippy toes of both feet.
—Katy Bowman, NPR, 13 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tippy
Adjective
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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
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Also helping out on Wednesday were Paul Goldschmidt, who clubbed a three-run homer off George Kirby in the sixth inning, and Ben Rice, who smoked a solo shot in the ninth after and before some wobbly work from Yankees relievers Camilo Doval and David Bednar.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
1 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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Transporting large components across the rocky terrain risked damaging them, so they were disassembled into modules for delivery to the site.—
Aman Kumar,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
8 Apr. 2026
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The trimming of the sails comes amid a particularly rocky run for Bad Robot, with several ambitious projects featuring high-wattage talent getting a hard pass or stuck in development hell.—
Joe Otterson,
Variety,
8 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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Before the game, Tocchet touched on the Flyers’ game management being a little wonky at home from time to time.—
Kevin Kurz,
New York Times,
6 Apr. 2026
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Much like his frenemy, Burgos takes his political messaging to the public via Instagram and TikTok, trying to unspool wonky and complicated housing policy in 60-second clips.—
Matthew Sedacca,
Curbed,
23 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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In 1994 a mass exodus sent more than 35,000 Cubans off the island in precarious vessels.—
Sarah Moreno,
Miami Herald,
8 Apr. 2026
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The ceasefire already looks precarious, and dueling reports from Iran state media and the White House disagreed Wednesday on whether Iran had closed the Strait of Hormuz again.—
Stan Choe,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Tippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tippy. Accessed 12 Apr. 2026.
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