as in person
a member of the human race
kindhearted and generous, she's a real good egg by anyone's standard
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Recent Examples of egg
Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Per Princess Kate, her and William’s children have enjoyed at least one private egg hunt themselves, likely at their former family home of Anmer Hall.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 4 Apr. 2026
Rainy weather greeted the annual Easter egg hunt at the church on Saturday, which once again included a helicopter dropping plastic eggs onto a field near the church.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
As Easter approaches, people around the country will be dyeing eggs, preparing baskets, attending Easter Vigils… and baking lamb cakes.
—Deena Prichep, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
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Noun
The couple had four eggs this season, but two were destroyed when their nest was raided by ravens.
—Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2026
Per Princess Kate, her and William’s children have enjoyed at least one private egg hunt themselves, likely at their former family home of Anmer Hall.
—Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 4 Apr. 2026
Rainy weather greeted the annual Easter egg hunt at the church on Saturday, which once again included a helicopter dropping plastic eggs onto a field near the church.
—David Sharos, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2026
As Easter approaches, people around the country will be dyeing eggs, preparing baskets, attending Easter Vigils… and baking lamb cakes.
—Deena Prichep, NPR, 4 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for egg
Noun
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According to a source in the room, there were about 250 members of the donor community at the event, which cost at least $100,000 per person to attend.—
Gabe Kaminsky,
CBS News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Assault with a dangerous weapon on a person 60 or older.—
Colleen Cronin,
Boston Herald,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Children too short to see the stage stood on their tip-toes to watch Kevin Reyes, the actor who played the part of Jesus, being whipped.—
Laura Turbay,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2026
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The famously-shy sophomore obliged, several of her teammates whipping out their phones to record the big moment.—
Emily Adams,
Hartford Courant,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Two men have been indicted on federal charges of possessing guns in a school zone, though the case stems from a shootout across the street from an elementary school, in a liquor store parking lot, court records show.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Jessica Hecht, playing one of the hostages, adds her typically off-beat depth, and I was most amused by John Ortiz as the FBI agent with the standard G-man voice and personality to match.—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The effort to spur housing development sells lots for $1 each in batches to developers who can get up to $150,000 in construction assistance.—
Jake Sheridan,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The growth of prediction markets, which are also capable of producing valuable real-world intelligence, has been spurred by recent court rulings, but also by support from the White House, which generally favors deregulation in all sorts of financial markets.—
Jeff John Roberts,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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The technology is sweeping almost every profession while also creeping into people’s personal lives, sometimes with devastating consequences.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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No mean feat, considering the brand’s first 24 hotels are set in remote, leafy locations that feel worlds away from real life.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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The Backstreet Boys member attempted to use the video to press battery charges against Gallagher, but prosecutors declined to do so after seeing the video supported Gallagher's version of events, per the outlet.—
Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
2 Apr. 2026
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Let sit for 15 to 20 minutes, then gently press down on the vegetables and pour off any liquid from the bottom of the bowl.—
Kelly McCarthy,
ABC News,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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And to have a guy like him who understands what the competition looks like on the floor, but is still here to kind of enhance the environment, help celebrate his teammates, give his teammates wisdom.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
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Those guys are all older than me, [Richard] Linklater and [Robert] Rodriguez and all of those guys.—
Brayden Garcia,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
1 Apr. 2026
Verb
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What else could make Redzepi scream at, punch, and prod his employees with kitchen tools?—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Mar. 2026
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And six years later, Donovan is still prodding and cajoling the forward to crash the boards and control his dribble and contribute physically to the game.—
Julia Poe,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
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“Egg.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/egg. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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