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Recent Examples of pronged
Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 May 2026
His unlikely stroll down a sidewalk stirred the neighborhood into a tizzy and set in motion a multi-pronged effort to find his owners.
—Alina Hartounian, NPR, 18 May 2026
Getty Images Kia, a sponsor of The Ocean Cleanup, has found that its support of the organization presented a dual-pronged opportunity.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
But there’s a two-pronged mission, Strom noted.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
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Adjective
And that is a multi-pronged issue that includes executing on every single puck touch despite being under intense pressure, on making decisions under that pressure, and on thinking in the future.
—Arpon Basu, New York Times, 26 May 2026
His unlikely stroll down a sidewalk stirred the neighborhood into a tizzy and set in motion a multi-pronged effort to find his owners.
—Alina Hartounian, NPR, 18 May 2026
Getty Images Kia, a sponsor of The Ocean Cleanup, has found that its support of the organization presented a dual-pronged opportunity.
—Scotty Reiss, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
But there’s a two-pronged mission, Strom noted.
—Myrna Petlicki, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for pronged
Adjective
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The shoe style includes a barbed wire design on the foxing, canvas uppers, cotton laces and Travis Barker logo detailing on the heel and tongue.—
Stephen Garner,
Footwear News,
11 June 2026
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After netting a Golden Globe nomination for her film debut in 1978's Corvette Summer, Annie Potts joined the cast of Ghostbusters, played the ultimate Cool Girl record store clerk in Pretty in Pink (1986), and essayed her most iconic role as barbed single-mother Mary Jo Shively on Designing Women.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
8 June 2026
Verb
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Millie's bowels then perforated before she was born, causing her stomach to swell.—
Toria Sheffield,
PEOPLE,
13 June 2026
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The blade perforated Metcalf's right ventricle, and he was pronounced dead after being transported to an area hospital.—
Tristan Maglunog,
ABC News,
11 June 2026
Adjective
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Other diamonds have spikier settings resembling thorns.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
27 May 2026
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This will be a bumper quarter for oil and gas shareholders, who have always learned to stick it out through the doldrums for spikey periods like this.—
Tim McDonnell,
semafor.com,
19 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Apple on Monday announced Siri AI, a major revamp the company hopes will thrust its roughly 15-year-old digital assistant into the spotlight alongside OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026
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The construction will now proceed to install the thermal insulation, support and thrust trusses, and other equipment and measuring channels to enable reactor vessel assembly as early as next year.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
Adjective
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As the sky darkened, the jagged ridgeline of the mountains behind us grew sharp and pronounced.—
Megan Spurrell,
Condé Nast Traveler,
8 June 2026
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At Palisades State Park, striking red-pink Sioux quartzite cliffs jut up to 50 feet above Split Rock Creek, their jagged faces almost glowing against a backdrop of bucolic farmland.—
Taryn Shorr-Mckee,
Midwest Living,
4 June 2026
Verb
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An aftermath riddled with guilt and shame after Percy loses the love of her life, both stories on page and screen demonstrate how a single decision can reverberate across more than a decade, affecting someone’s self-perception and relationships.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 2026
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His arms aren’t riddled with the muscle of his teammates.—
Sam Evan Sussman,
Vogue,
10 June 2026
Adjective
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The spiked caramel sauce makes this bread pudding truly spectacular.—
Patricia S York,
Southern Living,
12 June 2026
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With the tying run on third base, Susac cleanly backhanded a spiked splitter from Winn that had wild pitch written all over it.—
Justice delos Santos,
Mercury News,
4 June 2026
Verb
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Among those arrested was a woman who allegedly punched a police officer.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
9 June 2026
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Emily Dunn then responded with a goal for Walpole, but Duxbury punched right back via the stick of Emma Prouty.—
Justin Barrasso,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
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“Pronged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pronged. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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