windups

plural of windup

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for windups
Noun
  • All 32 teams made their 2025 season debuts in Week 1, with dramatic endings, statement wins and potentially damaging defeats among the outcomes on display.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
  • This year in particular, the 9/9 portal coincides with the moon in Aries — the first sign of the zodiac — creating a balance between endings and beginnings, especially with Saturn retrograde stationed at the last degree of Pisces while Neptune retrograde journeys through the first degree of Aries.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Despite the promise, researchers caution against early conclusions.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Plus-size segment remains underserved by apparel market Mallorie Dunn, a professor of fashion design at the Fashion Institute of Technology and owner of SmartGlamour, a clothing line that offers the smallest and largest sizes, worries about the apparel retail market rushing to conclusions.
    Kevin Williams, CNBC, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The Royals also continued a run of success in series finales.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 5 Sep. 2025
  • This is shorter than other Bachelor franchise finales, which are typically three hours.
    Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • According to Typology, apply a quarter-size amount, lather from root to ends, and massage into scalp.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Jenkins, a former Brevard County school board member and speech pathologist, released a launch video casting herself as a fighter for working families, drawing on her own experience working multiple jobs to make ends meet.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Restaurant and bar Smokey Bones is welcoming new leadership and closing more stores due to underperformance, bringing the company’s total number of recent closings to 15.
    Saleen Martin, USA Today, 5 Sep. 2025
  • The competition has also led to some store closings.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 3 Sep. 2025
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“Windups.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/windups. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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