zings

verb

present tense third-person singular of zing
as in speeds

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for zings
  1. speeds
  2. sprints
  3. zooms
  4. sails
  5. flits
  6. flies
  7. flutters
  8. flirts
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  • The measure speeds permitting approval under the California Environmental Quality Act by placing deadlines on government agencies to issue or deny permits within a year.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 4 Nov. 2026
  • Each landed as Meta, a Fortune 500 company that reported $201 billion in revenue last year, speeds up a shift from human reviewers to large language models.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2026
Definition of speeds
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  • In mid-August, OpenAI announced a new chief revenue officer—its fifth C-suite shake-up in the past year, but arguably its most important as the company sprints toward what could be an historic IPO, Forlini writes.
    — Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The one who sets the bone-crushing screen that springs the star, then immediately sprints to the rim for the lob, then turns around and blows up the other team’s pick-and-roll on the other end all in one sequence?
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 June 2026
Definition of sprints
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  • The American musician and comedian's name was recently approved for an asteroid, or space rock, that zooms around our solar system about once every four years.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
  • This is similar to how the sound of, say, a passing motorcycle drops in pitch as the vehicle zooms away from you.
    — Phil Plait, Scientific American, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of zooms
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  • Silver Cloud primarily sails the Arctic and Antarctica, with more exploratory itineraries in-between, like in the Middle East or Africa.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Some of my favorites are coming back too, like El Pulpo Magnifico, Duane Flatmo's fire-breathing octopus, and the Monaco, a 40-foot ship with three masts that sails across dust instead of water.
    — Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of sails
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  • Stellantis There's also all the homologation and regulatory hurdles attached to having something that flits between being a passenger-car and a light truck.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Jeffrey said his father flits about from KC to his 35 international restaurants, which are located in the Middle East, Asia and beyond.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of flits
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  • The next big test will be the demonstration flight of a Long March 10A rocket, which flies with a single core booster, and China’s new Mengzhou Moon ship to low-Earth orbit in early 2027.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026
  • But in a town of heavyweight food and beverage brands from Chick-fil-A to Coca-Cola, Chicken Salad Chick still flies a bit under the radar, said its chief executive.
    — Amy Wenk, AJC.com, 3 Nov. 2026
Definition of flies
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  • The big night As a photographer’s shutter clicks, Folger flutters a mascara wand over her lashes while preparing for opening night at the Elysian.
    — Meredith Maran, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • The flag of Iran flutters in the wind outside of the IAEA headquarters.
    — Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Definition of flutters
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  • Between Jordan’s charm and Misty’s smile that only emerges around him, the film flirts with becoming a romantic comedy.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Hal flirts with Kerry; John has an affair with Zoe (Poorna Jagannathan), the wife of William Macon (Garret Dillahunt), a local cattle mogul whose compound has more high tech weaponry than a mere human would seem to need.
    — Alison Herman, Variety, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of flirts
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