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Recent Examples of fillet
For people new to fishing this can be intimidating, but filleting your catch is not that difficult.
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
There’s more than one way to fillet a fish.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Small fish are harder to fillet.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Last week, Labrador and his father celebrated Labrador’s recovery by filleting and eating the frozen mutton snapper, lobster and yellow jack that was caught on the day of his injury.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
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Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
There’s more than one way to fillet a fish.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Small fish are harder to fillet.
—Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 15 Sep. 2023
Last week, Labrador and his father celebrated Labrador’s recovery by filleting and eating the frozen mutton snapper, lobster and yellow jack that was caught on the day of his injury.
—Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fillet
Verb
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Trade wars levied up to 145% tariffs on Chinese imports (since decreased to 30%), increasing the cost of products like braiding hair, hair oil, and wigs.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
28 May 2025
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The brother and sister duo, both from Little Rock, sat at a booth along the midway, each offering their own unique services: Dailey braids hair while Reynolds paints faces.—
Parker Mancino,
Arkansas Online,
18 May 2025
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Here’s a peek at the new flavors and some of the ingredients that inspired them: Lemon curd & whey This light and citrusy flavor uses whey as a substitute for lemon juice to make lemon curd that ribbons throughout the ice cream base.—
oregonlive,
oregonlive,
24 May 2023
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Introduce the color in small doses: a throw on the couch, ribbon on a wreath, trim around a lampshade, or even gift wrap on the packages.—
Savanna Bous,
Better Homes & Gardens,
30 Nov. 2022
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While paleontologists don’t know exactly when feathered, landbound dinosaurs gained the ability to fly, most scholars agree that Archaeopteryx is the earliest known bird.—
Margherita Bassi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
15 May 2025
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Thankfully, players can turn it off with a flick of a switch so the Valor Pro works for racing games, That’s a genre where players need to feather the throttle on the triggers to speed out of a turn.—
Gieson Cacho,
Mercury News,
12 May 2025
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Losers, despite Wilken’s ruling, figure to be at least some of the walk-ons and partial scholarship athletes whose spots are gone.—
Eddie Pells,
Baltimore Sun,
7 June 2025
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To figure that amount, ask your employees to complete Form W-4.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Today, that plant is one of thousands on the grounds, a place where monarch ferns frill around the auburn necks of melinonii philodendrons and buttercream and magenta orchids hang like pendants from a jabuticabeira, its spreading copper limbs blistered with purple fruit.—
Michael Snyder Pedro Kok,
New York Times,
22 Mar. 2024
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The collection, which will surely be talked about as the best of the entire week, was an unflinching reminder that a serious depth of femininity — the frilled, bedazzled, artistic kind — should never be mistaken for weakness.—
Gabrielle Korn,
refinery29.com,
13 Feb. 2020
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This is a quicker pace for this generation, but laced with humor, excitement, next level martial arts and Ben Wang is a rock star in the movie.—
Tommy McArdle,
People.com,
29 May 2025
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This bottle is everything a Vermentino should be; herbal yet laced with floral undertones and decidedly fresh on the finish.—
Jillian Dara,
Forbes.com,
29 May 2025
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Just stack the shoeboxes on top of each other, and secure them with string or glue before creating a way to hang it in your closet.—
Ashlyn Needham,
Southern Living,
1 June 2025
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The train from Waterloo station, just south of the River Thames in central London, to Brentford’s Gtech Community stadium in west London was only 20 minutes, but a group of three Jamaica fans took the time to hang the country’s flag in the window.—
Eduardo Tansley,
New York Times,
1 June 2025
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The three-time AMA winner then kicked off her hosting duties in a plunging Swarovski crystal embroidered Miss Sohee halter-neck gown in white and silver with a daringly high slit up the front.—
Rachel Flynn,
People.com,
27 May 2025
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Women wear Lilly Pulitzer-style shift dresses and headbands en masse, while men wear colorful blazers embroidered with ducks or lobsters (as well as a lot of Brooks Brothers).—
Elise Taylor,
Vogue,
23 May 2025
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“Fillet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fillet. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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