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Recent Examples of tippy
Suzanne Couples, Fred’s wife, rose to her tippy toes to look over the gallery.
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Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
This brand-new suite spans three floors at the tippy top of the Mata Atlantica Tower, with unbeatable floor-to-ceiling views over the sprawling Brazilian metropolis.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025
This way, there was no applause meter, but the women didn’t have to stand as long on their tippy heels.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
Skiers and riders can make their way to the tippy top of the mountain on the higher bowls for a little fun on peaks 6, 7, and 8, but be warned.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2025
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Brendan Quinn, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2025
This brand-new suite spans three floors at the tippy top of the Mata Atlantica Tower, with unbeatable floor-to-ceiling views over the sprawling Brazilian metropolis.
—Katie Lockhart, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2025
This way, there was no applause meter, but the women didn’t have to stand as long on their tippy heels.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 26 Feb. 2025
Skiers and riders can make their way to the tippy top of the mountain on the higher bowls for a little fun on peaks 6, 7, and 8, but be warned.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tippy
Adjective
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The fresh survey of consumer sentiment came at a wobbly moment for the nation's economy.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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But from the brand’s evolution from wobbly rookie to making and taking its place in the field, Pete always covered Iman with serious interest, insight and importance.—
Tonya Blazio-Licorish,
Footwear News,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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But a healthy, wholesome chat turns into something else when their tipsy stroll leads them to the home of Ed Little, the man with the power to consign Charlie’s failure to obscurity.—
Ben Rosenstock,
Vulture,
27 Aug. 2025
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The job is a ball, interactions take strategy, tipsy men are the obstacles — and obviously, the tips are the prize.—
Skyler Caruso,
People.com,
2 May 2025
Adjective
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His family lives in a two-story gray home in Washington City, a community nestled among Utah’s soaring red, rocky cliffs.—
David DeMille,
USA Today,
12 Sep. 2025
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Our fish farm worked beautifully right up until the NewCoral molted, growing fins and fangs and one rocky fin, terrorizing the coastline and hunting the NewFish almost to NewExtinction.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The feature, designed to steady shaky footage, became a lifeline for people with Parkinson’s.—
Bill Schiffmiller,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Though the Administration likely had numerous gripes about Sherald’s reimagining of what is maybe the most recognizable American symbol, the controversy demonstrates the shaky future of trans art.—
Grace Byron,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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As is par for the course with Supermassive games, the camera was wonky and slow, especially when trying to track Simms’ position and look in a different direction to see where to hide next.—
Echo Apsey,
Space.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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Moving forward, mastering a personal podcast could replace soft-focus biographies or wonky books as a way for politicians to increase their profiles.—
David Bauder,
Fortune,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Target Fulfillment Strategy Focuses on Strengthening In-Store Experience In a world that has gone largely online, Target’s move is an effort to redefine the often precarious balance that all retailers must seek between digital and in-store customer experience.—
Dan Gingiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Cybercriminals are capitalizing on America's precarious labor market, with jobseekers being taken advantage of in record numbers in 2025.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Tippy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tippy. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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