guns (for)

present tense third-person singular of gun (for)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for guns (for)
Verb
  • The logic runs down the rest of the stack too, to the companies that supply the chips, the networking, and the electricity, the layers that get paid first when capacity is the thing in short supply.
    Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • With these two nations, expect a physical, fiery battle packed with relentless runs down both wings.
    Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 16 June 2026
Verb
  • The same love of equality and freedom that courses through the Declaration motivated her white great-grandmother to campaign for suffrage and her African American grandfather to found a chapter of the NAACP in the Jim Crow South.
    Michael Kazin, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026
  • And about the obsession that courses through dozens of countries on the continent.
    Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 3 June 2026
Verb
  • According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, heatstroke kills around 40 kids in cars every year.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 30 June 2026
  • Aemond kills the old man anyway, and then kills his sons, though not before being stabbed in the back himself.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • Even among leading manufacturers, productivity still trails human workers.
    John Liu, CNN Money, 30 June 2026
  • While pizza trails many of the other foods, it was selected by more people in the Northeast than in other regions of the country.
    Fred Backus, CBS News, 28 June 2026
Verb
  • For example, the Invesco QQQ Trust Series, better known by its ticker QQQ, tracks the technology-heavy Nasdaq 100 Index and has $482 billion in assets.
    Bailey Lipschultz, Fortune, 5 July 2026
  • The same simulation also tracks how often each team reaches each stage of the bracket, including the quarterfinals, semifinals, final, third-place match, runner-up finish, and championship.
    Giovanni Malloy, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
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“Guns (for).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/guns%20%28for%29. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.

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