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as in hollows (out)
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as in needs
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for opens (up)
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Every apartment needs personal touches to keep it from feeling overly staged, and these Quince Shagreen Picture Frames helped add that warmth while still looking incredibly chic.—
Rosie Marder,
Travel + Leisure,
25 May 2026 -
The sense is that the slight 18-year-old almost certainly needs a loan elsewhere before staking a claim for regular inclusion in Moyes’ squad.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
25 May 2026
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My mom is turning 80 this year and wants a big party with ALL her family.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
27 May 2026
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Lappe wants to become one of the all-time greats to come out of Harvard-Westlake.—
gqlshare,
Daily News,
27 May 2026
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Finally, a Stanford study revealed that while AI frees up time, most users divert it to entertainment instead of productive endeavors.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
20 May 2026
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Mando frees him soon enough (after a funny encounter with a four-armed simian food-truck chef voiced with high anxiety by Martin Scorsese).—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
19 May 2026
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The league takes a break for the World Cup and will return to action on July 16.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
24 May 2026
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Florida’s recent property tax debate takes this philosophy further.—
Nicole Huyer,
The Orlando Sentinel,
24 May 2026
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To try to minimize costs, Gaspar unplugs his computer, coffee maker and other electronics when not in use and keeps the thermostat at 64 degrees.—
Tami Luhby,
CNN Money,
12 Feb. 2026
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Kontopanos also unplugs consciously by sending postcards to her family and friends, scrapbooking, and junk journaling, which involves repurposing everyday materials like tickets and receipts to document memories or ideas.—
Cheyanne Mumphrey,
Fortune,
17 Jan. 2026
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The second dream is the myth of an infinite frontier, which justifies a global American empire.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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At nearly trillion-dollar valuations each, the S-1 has to show enterprise revenue growth and concentration that justifies the multiple.—
Deirdre Bosa,Jasmine Wu,
CNBC,
20 May 2026
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“Opens (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/opens%20%28up%29. Accessed 27 May. 2026.
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