knaps

Definition of knapsnext
present tense third-person singular of knap

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for knaps
Verb
  • Las acciones de Google son especialmente insensibles y graves ante el cierre administrativo temporal del gobierno (shutdown), ignorando las peticiones de funcionarios gubernamentales y organizaciones hispanas que les solicitaron mantener la programación de Univision en el paquete principal.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • There was SimEarth in 1990, in which the player tunes a planet’s atmospheric conditions, sculpts its landmasses, plunks down life-forms.
    Eric Boodman, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2026
  • For deeper skin tones, Samo Spritzer offers a muted rosy mauve that sculpts without dulling the skin, while Feliz Fresca delivers high-impact pink pigment that stays saturated all day.
    Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 26 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Semi-wild pigs snuffle beneath the huge granite boulders, solid and immutable as Henry Moore sculptures, that define this otherworldly landscape.
    Catherine Fairweather, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 July 2025
Verb
  • Colossus Harbor is more than double the size of the original bakery, with a full restaurant and superette that boasts a rack of grab-and-go bread and shelves lined with pantry products, books, merch and bottles of wine.
    Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The People’s Republic already boasts the largest fleet of civilian research vessels, earning criticism from western China hawks.
    Joe Wilkins, Futurism, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The bill carves out a number of exceptions, including for people providing medical assistance or helping law enforcement.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Now Tomasso carves out time every month to handwrite letters to workers, like cooks and dishwashers, who are celebrating major career milestones.
    Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • The Lowriders stamps showcase five classic models.
    Monica Garske, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Conscious qualities, such as our emotional tone, complexity of thought, or attentional focus, could each meaningfully constrain how the mind stamps its presence on the brain’s dynamic landscape.
    Conor Feehly, Big Think, 10 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • But the core allegation cuts deeper than fees.
    Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 27 Mar. 2026
  • The vote, on a proposal that requires a driver’s license or comparable ID to cast a ballot in federal elections, represents the latest attempt by Republicans to divide Democrats on a subject that cuts decidedly in their favor.
    David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 26 Mar. 2026
Verb
  • Meanwhile, movie stars have tweaked their faces and bodies into a startling sameness that hews toward the most fascistic markers of beauty (extreme thinness, whiteness, no signs of the passage of time).
    Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • The pastoral feel of the music, and Murdoch’s soft, tremulous tenor conjures Nick Drake, but the content of the songs hews closer to the urban fever dreams of Martin Amis, whose 1995 novel The Information traces similar lines of fading-empire disenfranchisement.
    Elizabeth Nelson, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2026
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“Knaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knaps. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.

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