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as in experts
a person with a high level of knowledge or skill in a field
took a few lessons with a tennis ace to improve his backhand
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2
as in splashes
a very small amount
not an ace of truth in what she said
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as in inches
a very small distance or degree
came within an ace of being chosen for the part
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as in nails
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aces
Noun
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The spell of dry weather and a colder than normal winter is making the spring ripe for wildfires in South Florida, fire experts are predicting.—
David Goodhue,
Miami Herald,
22 Mar. 2025 -
Security experts remain unconvinced that Putin can be trusted this time around.—
Caitlin McFall,
Fox News,
22 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Or if longterm commitment isn’t really your thing, there are plenty of DIY almond press-on nails to choose from, which makes nail designs like chrome nails, french nails, and aura nails a breeze.—
Bella Cacciatore,
Glamour,
13 Mar. 2025
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As a puzzler, Lok really nails the balance of challenge and scale, giving you bite-sized problems that still feel good to solve.—
Andrew Webster,
The Verge,
25 Jan. 2025
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This Chesapeake Bay island is so isolated that some scholars believe the accent here still retains traces of Elizabethan English, from way back when it was settled in the 17th century.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
6 Jan. 2025
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Griswold’s story was so thoroughly accepted that, through the 20th century, no one, including academic scholars, thought to question it.—
David B. Parker,
The Conversation,
6 Jan. 2025
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The call center gurus, the health system process engineers, and quality improvement wizards reading this will certainly say that the issues being experienced with call-center centralization isn’t the result of call center centralization.—
Sachin H. Jain,
Forbes,
9 Dec. 2024
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Composed of creative visionaries, innovators, strategists, music mavens, tequila lovers, artists, writers, digital wizards, and more, Where Eagles Dare promotes and practices a collaborative approach that honors all ideas while encouraging employees to learn from their peers’ expertise.—
Kyle J. Russell,
USA TODAY,
6 Dec. 2024
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Effective collaboration has always been essential for creating an efficient team that actually accomplishes its goals.—
Kate Vitasek,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025
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The body accomplishes this by tightening the blood vessels (vasoconstriction), moving platelets to the injury site (platelet aggregation), and forming fibrin—a protein that helps blood clot.—
Michael Menna,
Verywell Health,
17 Jan. 2025
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The film is full of visual gags like that, many of which do little to move the plot forward.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
28 May 2025
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Well, who said field days are just for the littles?—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
14 May 2025
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Everyone in digital marketing should know that KPIs are measurable values demonstrating how effectively a company achieves key business objectives.—
Frank Rojas,
Forbes,
24 Feb. 2025
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The robot achieves these speeds by flapping the fins up to ten times faster than real fish.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Feb. 2025
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Across the twentieth century, New York magazines were powerful convening spaces—not just for readers but for journalists, artists, photographers, and literary writers.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
15 Mar. 2025
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Threats to defund cinemas and film festivals based on their programmatic content runs directly counter to the right to free speech for art, artists, and exhibitors as a whole.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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“Aces.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aces. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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