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Recent Examples of chopstick
Enhance your dining experience with this sleek silver chopstick rest from Ming Yu Wang, inspired by horse saddles and adorned with a freshwater pearl.
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Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Remove from oven and immediately repeat punching holes with a chopstick.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
On Tuesday’s flight, Starship’s 232-foot-tall Super Heavy booster, which normally returns to land in its launch tower’s giant chopstick-like catch-arms, instead targeted the Gulf of Mexico waters after lofting Starship to space.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
The Starship's launch booster, which SpaceX calls Super Heavy, successfully separated from the vehicle and for only the third time, executed a return to its launch site, where it was caught in mid-air by chopstick-like arms on its launch tower.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Huynh, InStyle, 4 Feb. 2026
Remove from oven and immediately repeat punching holes with a chopstick.
—Cathy Thomas, Oc Register, 1 Dec. 2025
On Tuesday’s flight, Starship’s 232-foot-tall Super Heavy booster, which normally returns to land in its launch tower’s giant chopstick-like catch-arms, instead targeted the Gulf of Mexico waters after lofting Starship to space.
—Reuters, NBC news, 27 Aug. 2025
The Starship's launch booster, which SpaceX calls Super Heavy, successfully separated from the vehicle and for only the third time, executed a return to its launch site, where it was caught in mid-air by chopstick-like arms on its launch tower.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 23 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chopstick
Noun
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Granville’s exploits included skiing over the Carpathian mountains during the war to deliver microfilms with cyanide sewed into her skirts and a hunting knife tucked into her trousers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Police said the deputies were telling the suspect to drop the knife.—
Brandon Downs,
CBS News,
5 Apr. 2026
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As the sun sank, neighbors began banging spoons on metal pots from inside their homes, the subtle but unmistakable clank of government protests.—
Kate Linthicum,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Mar. 2026
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Francis’ patent drawing has a complete spoon bowl with tines appearing out the front.—
James Stout,
Outside,
29 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The eldest daughter stood and put her plate and fork in the dishwasher.—
Catherine Lacey,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
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Beat the eggs vigorously with the dinner fork for about 30 seconds and about 40 strokes.—
Jeffrey Steingarten,
Vogue,
5 Apr. 2026
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Toss potatoes, carrots, fennel, garlic, rosemary, 1 tablespoon oil, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper together in a bowl, and then spread in a single layer on rimmed baking sheet.—
Cathy Thomas,
Oc Register,
30 Mar. 2026
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Season the pork chops with salt and remaining ½ teaspoon pepper.—
Kate Williams,
AJC.com,
30 Mar. 2026
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Sprinkle them on both sides with the salt and pepper, then drizzle the remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil over top.—
Erin Merhar,
Southern Living,
3 Apr. 2026
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Four Sigmatic is one of the OG mushroom coffees—one tablespoon delivers 9000mg of powerful adaptogenic mushroom powders like chaga, lion’s mane, and reishi, as well as a little caffeine (but less than your average cup of coffee).—
Brianna Peters,
Vogue,
2 Apr. 2026
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“Chopstick.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chopstick. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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