zig

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Recent Examples of zig In other words, a function can only zig and zag so much. Solomon Adams, WIRED, 23 Feb. 2025 More importantly, Honor continues to zig when other Android phones zag, giving us a device that stands out from the crowd a bit. Ben Sin, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 Yet there could also be arguments to zig when others zag and focus on existing channels and motions that work well when everyone is chasing new ones. Michelle Tan, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024 Sean likes to break the mold, and kinda zig when everybody else is zagging. Vincent Perella, IndieWire, 2 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for zig
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zig
Verb
  • Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley did not hold back, pointing to Mamdani’s win as proof that the Democratic Party has veered far to the left.
    Samantha-Jo Roth, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2025
  • White and burgundy accents nod to his Bayern Munich kit without veering into overt branding.
    Maggie Clancy, Footwear News, 26 June 2025
Verb
  • From there, however, Alcaraz zags where the others zig, inverting one of the fundamentals of tennis probability.
    Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 15 May 2025
  • The professor-like spins of senior Peyton Levine, meanwhile, offer plenty of zig and zag for the Foxes.
    Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 7 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • The whole coast curved around us like a giant C—a huge bay that held the archipelago.
    James Rebanks June 26, Literary Hub, 26 June 2025
  • Fifteen minutes later, the tracks curve along the dramatic 39-mile coastline, revealing the turquoise sea and rocky limestone cliffs known as the calanques.
    Sophie Friedman, AFAR Media, 24 June 2025
Verb
  • The prospect of trying to cut open a stubborn 5-4-1 block in the Orlando heat could have become torturous quite quickly.
    Liam Tharme, New York Times, 28 June 2025
  • At that point, roughly 70 million Social Security recipients would see their monthly benefits cut by about 20%.
    Alain Sherter, CBS News, 27 June 2025

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“Zig.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zig. Accessed 10 Jul. 2025.

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