as in hint
an almost imperceptible sign of something
even a whiff of appreciation for everything I've done for her would have been nice
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Recent Examples of whiff
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
And Hader is, in fact, up to his usual bat-missing ways, generating whiffs with 17.7 percent of his pitches heading into Sunday.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
After whiffing with Lance a year earlier, the 49ers took a low-risk chance on Purdy with the No. 262 pick.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Elsewhere, the mood of an age rises like perfume—or, more fitting, a whiff of bootlegged alcohol—from a clutch of names, many of them half forgotten.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
And Hader is, in fact, up to his usual bat-missing ways, generating whiffs with 17.7 percent of his pitches heading into Sunday.
—Tim Britton, New York Times, 29 Apr. 2025
Verb
Colorado whiffed 14 times, hit 1 for 15 with runners in scoring position and left 13 base runners stranded.
—Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
After whiffing with Lance a year earlier, the 49ers took a low-risk chance on Purdy with the No. 262 pick.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for whiff
Noun
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More recently, the brand has ventured into makeup — infusing its bestsellers with hints of color and forging the way for the skinification of makeup.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
21 May 2025
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Scientists in Taiwan looking for a ninth planet in the solar system claim to have found hints of it in archive images of the night sky taken by long-dead infrared telescopes.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
Verb
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Some smelled it, licked it, or took tiny nibbles around the edges.—
Jennifer Ouellette,
ArsTechnica,
15 May 2025
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That’s especially true in today’s highly supervised childhoods, where many young kids’ sights, smells, and tastes are entirely prescribed by adults.—
Faran Krentcil,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2025
Noun
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The Truist Championship, though, provided a glimmer of analytical hope.—
Justin Ray,
New York Times,
14 May 2025
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In the years since, Henricks and his team have taken those glimmers of potential and transformed them into a thriving organization.—
Sponsored Content,
Denver Post,
13 May 2025
Verb
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Last year, before his arrest, a video of Jordan allegedly sniffing an unidentified white substance went viral, resulting in social media criticism.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
20 May 2025
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In the war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan, Carlos worked with dogs trained to sniff out bombs and improvised explosive devices during one of the most stressful periods of his two decades in the military.—
Daniel Bean,
The Orlando Sentinel,
18 May 2025
Verb
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As months and years of data arrived, Keeling’s rigorous work revealed two global phenomena: Earth’s plants inhaling CO2 each summer and exhaling it each winter, and CO2 levels’ unrelenting annual increase.—
Ashley Braun,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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Workers who inhaled Teflon fumes developed flu-like symptoms.—
Mariah Blake,
The Atlantic,
5 May 2025
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“Whiff.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whiff. Accessed 24 May. 2025.
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