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Recent Examples of twit
Nosy birds twit and tweet from their leafy vantage points.
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Variety, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019
Variety, The Mercury News, 5 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for twit
Verb
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Damp rags on the prep counters had no detectable sanitizer.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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Each leaves different clues like slime trails, ragged edges, or missing buds.—
Peg Aloi,
The Spruce,
8 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The interviewer said that Phillips, 65, was not kidding.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Anyone who doesn’t believe Lamar Jackson bears the pressure to fulfill his greatness with a Super Bowl ring is kidding themselves, NFL history and plain logic.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
13 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Murphy walked onto the stage and then teased Lee’s love of the Knicks.—
John Ross,
Vanity Fair,
19 Apr. 2026
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Mythos, a new artificial intelligence model that Anthropic PBC has teased as too dangerous to release, looked at first like a problem for banks.—
Parmy Olson,
Twin Cities,
18 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Given the many false dawns in recent months, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas was reluctant to speculate on the outcome when quizzed by reporters on Tuesday.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Though the biggest payoff came away from the drills — sitting down for dinner with top prospects, quizzing them in the classroom, getting to know them away from the field, talking to the people at those colleges who knew them best.—
Zack Rosenblatt,
New York Times,
2 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Murphy returned the favor by ribbing him by saying that every time Lee’s beloved New York Knicks lost their bid to become NBA champs, Lee was in the building.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Apr. 2026
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Due to its design, fluted (or ribbed) drinkware is perfect for entertaining and looks beautiful on any table.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
16 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Instead, find something that does jive with you—whether that’s yoga class, power lifting, or pickleball—and allow your resulting delight to radiate.—
Outside,
Outside,
13 Feb. 2026
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Barring a full and complete meltdown in those 11 games, the idea that the Leafs should just give up on the season still doesn’t jive for me.—
Jonas Siegel,
New York Times,
26 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Ford and Kimmel wasted no time in razzing their mutual friend Woody Harrelson and denigrating Kimmel when compared to Michael J. Fox.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
13 Mar. 2026
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There are moments of humor in Pinball as the siblings razz each other.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
7 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Then, guards who worked for the contractor Critical Response Strategies began taunting detainees, threatening to enter the cage where immigrants were held.—
Garrett Shanley,
Miami Herald,
11 Apr. 2026
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That strategy, known as exon skipping, would taunt Debra for two decades, always promising a therapy just out of reach.—
Jason Mast,
STAT,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Twit.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/twit. Accessed 24 Apr. 2026.
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