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Recent Examples of teacup
This version was a broken porcelain teacup displayed alongside a tube of glue.
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David Sheff, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
He’s been working with Wedgwood to make teacups and saucers designed by the British ceramicist Lucie Rie, but which never went into production.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 3 July 2025
Today, teacup sets come in a wide variety of designs, colors and patterns as well as counts, though sets typically come with six teacups and saucers.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
Complete with matching saucers, these teacups are both dishwasher and microwave safe.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2025
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David Sheff, ARTnews.com, 24 Mar. 2025
He’s been working with Wedgwood to make teacups and saucers designed by the British ceramicist Lucie Rie, but which never went into production.
—Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 3 July 2025
Today, teacup sets come in a wide variety of designs, colors and patterns as well as counts, though sets typically come with six teacups and saucers.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 9 June 2025
Complete with matching saucers, these teacups are both dishwasher and microwave safe.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teacup
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Tea is served from vintage cups and saucers; some came from owner Heather Hawthorne’s aunt and others have been donated from family collections.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
25 July 2025
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Dog toys, treats and pup cups for the furry friends who sit for portraits.—
Nancy Kane,
New York Daily News,
24 July 2025
Noun
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In a later scene, as Millie rattles her head against a pebbled glass door, the reds and pinks reminded me of a Francis Bacon triptych.—
Madison Bloom,
Pitchfork,
31 July 2025
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Come nightfall, cue up Netflix on the full-wall projector or pour a glass of rum on the patio overlooking the jungle.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
31 July 2025
Noun
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Thus was the future of this noble tradition secured, that generations yet unborn may still dance and raise goblets in cheer.—
Kirsten Fiscus,
Nashville Tennessean,
22 May 2025
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Get your golden goblets ready: Love Is Blind is back for another season!—
Joelle Goldstein,
People.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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By fusing spiritual and temporal power, the period’s absurd-seeming battles over mystical doctrine—was the blood truly present in the chalice, or merely indicated in it?—were inseparable from struggles for worldly authority.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
28 July 2025
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Every card is rich with symbolism: adorned with pentacles, stars, chalices and wands; bearing names like the World, Justice and Temperance; and featuring enigmatic characters like the Fool, the Lovers or the Hermit.—
John Last,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 June 2025
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“Teacup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teacup. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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