whipstocks

plural of whipstock

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Noun
  • For fruit crops, Pritts explains that offspring are often lower in quality than either parent.
    SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 27 June 2026
  • Under the Biden administration, federal taxpayers paid farmers billions of dollars to stop planting crops, but that's considered a short-term solution too expensive to maintain indefinitely.
    Trevor Hughes, USA Today, 26 June 2026
Noun
  • At the heart of the patent is a transmission system that uses multiple shafts and clutches to separate the roles of the engine, generator-motor, and wheels.
    Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 28 June 2026
  • Having seen the shift from hickory to metal shafts, Flynn was also ahead of his time in his ability to foresee a distance problem in golf, an issue the professional game plans to address with a ball rollback in 2028.
    Gabby Herzig, New York Times, 16 June 2026
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“Whipstocks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/whipstocks. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.

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