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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shrugs
Noun
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Michigan’s Lakeside Forests And Dark Sky Festival Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula is best known as the site of North America's earliest Indigenous copper mining and later as the heart of a 19th-century copper boom that drew waves of immigrants to the area.—
Emese Maczko,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025 -
States and localities have filed waves of lawsuits against the fossil fuel industry to make energy companies pay for damages that communities face from climate change.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Landscape functions as a mood board, terrain shaping tone; the rhythm of the road informs inner narrative.—
Karen Palmer
September 19,
Literary Hub,
19 Sep. 2025
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After the dowry is shown off, Henry informs the brothers that the Grants’ physician — and not the MacKenzie’s — will perform the exam.—
Kimberly Roots,
TVLine,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Zagato’s design flourishes abound, but the truly remarkable element is the switchable tail.—
Sean Evans,
Robb Report,
9 Sep. 2025
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As a result, innovation generally flourishes.—
Steve Denning,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There was a rush of gesticulations, with Greenberg speaking in English.—
Robert Sullivan,
New Yorker,
15 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The pitcher, who earned four All-Star nods, a Cy Young Award and two World Series championships in a 14-year career with the Yankees, sent a warning to Boone about that playoff weakness for his squad.—
Peter Chawaga,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Sea Pointe has earned multiple industry nods and nearly half their business is referral, but the company is particularly proud that every team member has been mentioned in client reviews.—
Liz Ohanesian,
Oc Register,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Meta Ray-Ban Display glasses come with the Meta Neural Band, an EMG wristband that allows users to control the device using hand gestures.—
Jonathan Vanian,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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The models in all-black clothes walked closely behind their more colorful counterparts, mimicking their gestures and creating the illusion of a shadow.—
Jacqui Palumbo,
CNN Money,
17 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In short, the new material can be thought of as a smart, rubbery material that tells you when it’s stressed out by literally changing color.—
Christopher McFadden,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Sep. 2025
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The percentage tells the public how much of the fire perimeter is believed to not go beyond the control lines.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
14 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Swift’s involvement in the legal battle relates, in part, to suggestions from Lively that Baldoni altered a rooftop scene at the beginning of the film.—
Winston Cho,
HollywoodReporter,
12 Sep. 2025
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Toward the end of one documentary, Guy relates a tragic incident in which two démineurs from his team were killed while rearranging a crate of unexploded artillery shells.—
Michael Jerome Plunkett
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Shrugs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shrugs. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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