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as in minute
a very small space of time
I turned to look away, and in a wink he was gone
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as in to gleam
to shoot forth bursts of light
fireflies winking in the darkness beyond our campfire
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as in to ignore
to secretly sympathize with or pretend ignorance of something improper or unlawful
the whole sporting world seems to wink as untold sums are bet on the outcome of the Super Bowl
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Recent Examples of wink
David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
Yet Ruth, a generous coming-of-age story, portrays this cloistered place sympathetically, if often with a wink.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Both a send-up of, and winking tribute to, the splendor and ridiculousness of industry awards shows, Yang and Rogers started the Culture Awards in 2022, spinning off the bit from their hit podcast, Las Culturistas.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
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Noun
Goldsmith’s theme is used with more than a wink, and seemingly a lot of love, but its legend status is entirely accidental.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 20 Aug. 2025
Yet Ruth, a generous coming-of-age story, portrays this cloistered place sympathetically, if often with a wink.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2025
Verb
But when the lights go off and consciousness winks out, another, deeper process goes to work.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 8 Aug. 2025
Both a send-up of, and winking tribute to, the splendor and ridiculousness of industry awards shows, Yang and Rogers started the Culture Awards in 2022, spinning off the bit from their hit podcast, Las Culturistas.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for wink
Noun
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Well, being able to take a nap every day is a luxury that really not that many people can afford.—
Miles Socha,
Footwear News,
4 Sep. 2025
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Out of nowhere, the orange cat can be seen jumping on the Siberian husky's head, and wrestling the pup, who just wanted to take a nap near their golden retriever siblings, also lying in the sun.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Aug. 2025
Noun
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When enrolled at the school, Sid had about four or five classes per day, each about 45 minutes long.—
Alec Johnson,
jsonline.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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The two-hour-plus extravaganza included a loud and brisk pop-punk opening set from Boston band Boys Like Girls, while DJ and Jonas pal Marshmello was the intermission act with 20 minutes of lasers, confetti and hit tunes.—
Brian McCollum,
Freep.com,
30 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Since then, key changes to the costume have included the introduction of a more rounded, less cartoonish head — one that later evolved to allow for blinking and mouth movement.—
Virginia Chamlee,
People.com,
31 Aug. 2025
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This off-season, every off-season is one long blinking-in-astonishment-WTF-meme.—
James Horncastle,
New York Times,
21 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The white beard, the twinkling eyes behind round spectacles, the mustache curled with wax at its ends are all real, all his.—
Eric Adler,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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Lighting up bits of the water, with the city twinkling behind her like millions of eyes, the statue was breathtaking.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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If the Guard comes, it will be limited to patrolling our city’s gleaming streets in the privileged heart of the city.—
Laura Washington,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Sep. 2025
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Dunn pointed out gleaming replicas of these artifacts, on display in the exhibition, alongside surfboards illustrating the evolution of the spot throughout history.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
31 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Still, sometimes the heat is impossible to ignore — evident in the small sweat stains on Dinkel’s blue collared shirt.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
5 Sep. 2025
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Carrie Severino, president of the conservative advocacy group Judicial Crisis Network, previously told the Washington Examiner that the justices have made recent orders more explicit and clear as lower court judges have ignored the Supreme Court’s previous orders on its emergency docket.—
Jack Birle,
The Washington Examiner,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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By eliminating the friction of a stylus, the Mingograph (which the company marketed as the Mingograf) was able to record more detailed changes of the heartbeat.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
28 Aug. 2025
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Event organizers described the marketplace as the heartbeat of the festival, highlighting its role in fostering networking and deal-making.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Verb
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If a fan’s only window into football analytics is a contextless statistic that flashes on the screen, though, then they might be justified in thinking data was useless.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Warning signs have been flashing for months that the job market has been losing steam.—
Alicia Wallace,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Wink.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wink. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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