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Recent Examples of napkin
Downstairs on the arena floor, dozens of blue tablecloths with yellow napkins are parked in front of a prodigious stage.
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Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Most paper towels and napkins are made from the pulp of softwood trees or paper products that are no longer suitable for recycling.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
Instead of ketchup, sriracha bottles sit alongside tins of chopsticks and stainless steel napkin dispensers on every table.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
The napkins are wax paper, usefully doubling as plates.
—Derek Sandhaus, Saveur, 10 July 2025
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Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 11 July 2025
Most paper towels and napkins are made from the pulp of softwood trees or paper products that are no longer suitable for recycling.
—Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 July 2025
Instead of ketchup, sriracha bottles sit alongside tins of chopsticks and stainless steel napkin dispensers on every table.
—Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 17 July 2025
The napkins are wax paper, usefully doubling as plates.
—Derek Sandhaus, Saveur, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for napkin
Noun
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That incident happened during the fourth quarter, with less than a minute left on the clock, and television cameras caught the toy before a laughing security guard removed it with a towel.—
Zach Powell,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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Video showed a referee pushing the object off the court before a staff member removed it with a towel.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Instead of acting strongly across all tissues, E4 seems to have a selective effect.—
Lauryn Higgins,
Flow Space,
25 July 2025
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The work, which involved small sample sizes, focused on human muscle tissue, not the tissue or organs of animals that might have been hunted by Neanderthals.—
Katie Hunt,
CNN Money,
25 July 2025
Noun
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So take your place á la table, arrange your serviette neatly on your lap, and bon appétit!—
Sophie Brookover,
Vulture,
11 June 2025
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Use them to aid in pouring wine so that not a drop ends up in the wrong place, or set them beneath decanters like proper serviettes.—
Hannah Selinger,
wsj.com,
29 Sep. 2023
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“Napkin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/napkin. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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