tot

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Recent Examples of tot Fans can find links to redeem the tots on Ore-Ida’s social media channel bios. Moná Thomas, People.com, 26 Mar. 2025 Parmesan Zucchini Tots Denser than your average tater tot—and (in this writer’s humble opinion) tastier, too. Jennifer Adams, StyleCaster, 26 Feb. 2025 The tot, who is dressed in a pastel romper, is facing away from the camera and her face is only seen in profile. Michael Nied, People.com, 7 Apr. 2025 Their concept, Westport Ale House, was an upscale sports bar with a menu featuring Maryland crab tater tots, Hawaiian hot dogs, Tank 7 doughnuts and a wide variety of craft beers. David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for tot
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Noun
  • Modeled on the same resonances and sound profile as the station’s generic pop playlist, it could even be tuned out entirely.
    Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 10 May 2025
  • When all its pop machinery was already in motion, the group dared to put its debut on pause.
    The New York Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2025
Noun
  • Changing buying habits Aeri Schwartz, a mother who comes to the store with her toddler once every few months, looked at a toy fire truck that cost $20.
    Natasha Chen, CNN Money, 11 May 2025
  • Half of all counties in Oregon, for example, qualify as child-care deserts for preschoolers, and thirty-five out of thirty-six counties in the state are child-care deserts for infants and toddlers, according to research out of Oregon State University.
    Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 10 May 2025
Noun
  • Having an unquestionably talented scorer like Ogunbowale (22.2 points per game in 2024) will help ease the load off Paige Bueckers, who averaged 19.9 points per game in her senior season at UConn.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 May 2025
  • In Singapore, a skyscraper adapts to monsoon winds, shifting the HVAC load to avoid structural strain.
    Dan Drogman, Forbes.com, 16 May 2025
Noun
  • Police believe the architecture-loving tyke managed to take a train to Manhattan, Akond said.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 19 Apr. 2025
  • In 1993 the company scooped up Fisher-Price and toys and games for infants and young tykes.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • In some cases, coffee grounds might even deter slugs from visiting your plants when used as a soil top layer.
    Sophia Beams, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025
  • Singles have replaced slug as the standard operating procedure for a lineup that’s struck just 19 home runs.
    Chandler Rome, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Olivia was the most popular girls name for the second year in a row, assigned to 231 infants.
    Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 15 May 2025
  • But a 2017 study found that even infants can distinguish between words in different languages.
    Leslie Garisto Pfaff, Parents, 15 May 2025
Noun
  • For decades, San Diego State’s spring football practice culminated with its spring game, an intrasquad scrimmage that whet the appetites of fans for the season to come.
    Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025
  • If last year whet your eclipse appetite, get excited for the night skies this month.
    Stephanie Vermillion, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The brother leaves the nameless infant in the woods to die, but tells his sister that the newborn died of natural causes and had to be buried.
    Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 16 May 2025
  • Also in the broader plan: extending expiring 2017 tax cuts, eliminating federal taxes on tips and overtime pay through 2028 and new savings accounts for newborns — but not a tax hike on the wealthy.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 13 May 2025

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