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Recent Examples of fillet
Small fish are harder to fillet.
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Last week, Labrador and his father celebrated Labrador’s recovery by filleting and eating the frozen mutton snapper, lobster and yellow jack that was caught on the day of his injury.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
Fish are electronically stunned unconscious and bled out, then cooled again and filleted mechanically.
—Bill Kearney, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
Vegetables are uprooted from the ground, fish filleted, water fetched from a well.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Last week, Labrador and his father celebrated Labrador’s recovery by filleting and eating the frozen mutton snapper, lobster and yellow jack that was caught on the day of his injury.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
Fish are electronically stunned unconscious and bled out, then cooled again and filleted mechanically.
—Bill Kearney, Miami Herald, 27 Feb. 2025
Vegetables are uprooted from the ground, fish filleted, water fetched from a well.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fillet
Verb
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The resulting piece was a pair of butterfly wings braided into her hair intended to symbolize her recent metamorphosis.—
Jessie Schiewe,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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Loomer and Benjamin effectively braid these threads into a portrait as much of place and community as of a single young woman’s aspirations.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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Here’s a peek at the new flavors and some of the ingredients that inspired them: Lemon curd & whey This light and citrusy flavor uses whey as a substitute for lemon juice to make lemon curd that ribbons throughout the ice cream base.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
24 May 2023
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Introduce the color in small doses: a throw on the couch, ribbon on a wreath, trim around a lampshade, or even gift wrap on the packages.—
Savanna Bous,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Nov. 2022
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That this Heat team will almost certainly somehow still end up in the playoffs, technically, certainly would feather any argument against the NBA’s four-team play-in round.—
Greg Cote,
Miami Herald,
20 Mar. 2025
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Carlsson emerged from a battle with possession, weaving into the neutral zone and feathering a pass to Killorn.—
Andrew Knoll,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2025
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Yet many experts figure the economy will stagnate within a few months and a growing share foresee a recession by the second half of 2025.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
1 May 2025
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For every challenge an opponent presents this postseason, Minnesota figures to have answers somewhere across its eight-man rotation of starter-quality players.—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
1 May 2025
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Today, that plant is one of thousands on the grounds, a place where monarch ferns frill around the auburn necks of melinonii philodendrons and buttercream and magenta orchids hang like pendants from a jabuticabeira, its spreading copper limbs blistered with purple fruit.—
Michael Snyder Pedro Kok,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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The collection, which will surely be talked about as the best of the entire week, was an unflinching reminder that a serious depth of femininity — the frilled, bedazzled, artistic kind — should never be mistaken for weakness.—
Gabrielle Korn,
refinery29.com,
13 Feb. 2020
Verb
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That statement is laced with whiplash for anyone who has been following Osaka’s return to tennis since early 2024.—
Matthew Futterman,
New York Times,
8 May 2025
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RiRi's multipart ’fit started with a low-rise, slim-fitting silk skirt that laced up the sides, which matched the detail on her floral, black-lace Louboutins.—
Kathleen Walsh,
Glamour,
6 May 2025
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The corpses started appearing in the early 2000s, hanging from overpasses with threats scrawled on their shirts.—
Antón Barba-Kay,
The Atlantic,
26 Apr. 2025
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This hanging egg chair adds both comfort and style to your space and comes in multiple cushion colors, including green, blue, gray, beige, and cream.—
Rachel Trujillo,
Travel + Leisure,
26 Apr. 2025
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The hotel will also embroider initials on all VIP’s hotel robes, and gift their signature baseball hats — which are not for sale — to guests.—
Leigh Nordstrom,
Footwear News,
1 May 2025
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Explore boutiques like Amor & Rosas, known for kimonos embroidered by Chiapas collectives, and María Belen, offering handcrafted silver jewelry.—
Michaela Trimble,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2025
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“Fillet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fillet. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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