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as in mode
a distinctive way of putting ideas into words
I correctly identified the quotation because I recognized Mark Twain's inimitable style
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as in approach
the means or procedure for doing something
unfortunately, the club president's usual style is to make decisions without asking anyone's advice or approval
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as in trend
a practice or interest that is very popular for a short time
parents who were very relieved when the style for having one's nose pierced faded
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as in to name
to give a name to
although nowadays he's often styled a biologist, he's probably better thought of as a classic 19th-century naturalist
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Recent Examples of style
Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 2 Apr. 2026
Combining both styles of the state’s famous dish, this recipe is a cross between a creamy bisque and a brothy chowder.
—Farideh Sadeghin, Saveur, 2 Apr. 2026
Essence, 27 Mar. 2026
Each ball in the lineup is styled after a Big League Chew flavor and includes a matching collectible sticker featuring official Big League Chew character art.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Good news—there are lots of chic styles that will be making major waves in the new year, pros say.
—Sarah Lyon, The Spruce, 2 Apr. 2026
Combining both styles of the state’s famous dish, this recipe is a cross between a creamy bisque and a brothy chowder.
—Farideh Sadeghin, Saveur, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
Her hair was styled in an effortless loose ponytail, completing the ensemble with understated ease.
—Essence, 27 Mar. 2026
Each ball in the lineup is styled after a Big League Chew flavor and includes a matching collectible sticker featuring official Big League Chew character art.
—Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for style
Noun
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The peas lift the dish out of bland mode and into something colorful and fresh.—
Nina Moskowitz,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
5 Apr. 2026
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The MorphoScan is even missing a couple of quality-of-life features present on the Etekcity scale, including a safe mode for pregnant women and pacemaker users that disables the BIA electrical current for weight-only measurements.—
Andrew Gebhart,
PC Magazine,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But, by the same token, the virtues of the traditional approach, which once hardly needed to be articulated, now stand in greater relief.—
Joshua Rothman,
New Yorker,
3 Apr. 2026
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In March, China passed a law that experts say cements its assimilationist approach towards its ethnic minority groups, building on years of policy changes at the provincial level in Xinjiang and elsewhere.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Eco effort Six Senses has long held the mantle for being ahead of the sustainability trend, and in Rome, the property was built to incorporate their ethos.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Just the same, the flip side of this is that baseball is notoriously fickle and often deceptive from one day to the next, with the line between coincidence and trend ever-blurry.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But simply naming the great fear and sharing it with the millions of watchers in living rooms and hotels and airport lobbies was a trial almost too painful to contemplate.—
Vinson Cunningham,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2026
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Adebayo named a finalist The NBA announced Tuesday that Adebayo is one of six finalists for the 2025-26 NBA Sportsmanship Award, which recognizes the player who best represents the ideals of sportsmanship on the court.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Rooms are in muted tones of grey, green, and dusky blue, and even the smallest have plenty of space with king-size beds and a table and chairs—the city views are more interesting, but the ones overlooking the courtyard have dinky Juliette balconies as a consolation.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
5 Apr. 2026
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Service, on my visits, was a bit spacey, but it’s been tightening up; the tone of the place seems to be in progress, too, oscillating between that of a neighborhood joint, an amorous date-night nook, and a sceney hot spot.—
Helen Rosner,
New Yorker,
5 Apr. 2026
Noun
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But the revival is part of a national trend toward old-school testing methods like in-class pen-and-paper exams and oral tests to prevent AI use for assignments on laptops.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2026
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Using an online filing method generally can result in fewer delays and faster confirmation.—
Daniel Fusch,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The latests forecasts show a new round of storm systems will increase rain chances across much of Northern California and the Central Valley in the coming days.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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These latests features are designed for enterprises who want to integrate their AI technology with either existing Salesforce data or even their own data.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
7 Sep. 2025
Verb
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At the Farm graduation ceremony, envelopes labelled with the first name and last initial of each new officer were placed on a large table.—
David D. Kirkpatrick,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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Otherwise, you might be labeled a no-show (and the airline could cancel your entire itinerary).—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
28 Mar. 2026
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“Style.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/style. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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