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Recent Examples of tongue
The sheep's head has a variety of textures and flavors from the tongue to the eyeball, with the general flavor leaning toward mutton.
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Claire Volkman, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
The monkeys consume the starchy, carbohydrate-rich stuff with their tongues.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
The rest of the meal tasted like ocean waves dancing across my tongue.
—Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
In addition to overall HNC cases, the researchers looked at the following subtypes: oral cavity cancer (lip, tongue, gum, floor of the mouth, and hard palate), cancer of the oropharynx, cancer of the hypopharynx, and cancer of the larynx.
—New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2024
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Claire Volkman, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
The monkeys consume the starchy, carbohydrate-rich stuff with their tongues.
—Jessica Camille Aguirre, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Jan. 2025
The rest of the meal tasted like ocean waves dancing across my tongue.
—Peggy Orenstein, AFAR Media, 6 Jan. 2025
In addition to overall HNC cases, the researchers looked at the following subtypes: oral cavity cancer (lip, tongue, gum, floor of the mouth, and hard palate), cancer of the oropharynx, cancer of the hypopharynx, and cancer of the larynx.
—New Atlas, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tongue
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Lighting too forms a kind of architectural language, with track fixtures, uplights, and Ingo Maurer icons casting a calm collective glow.—
Sam Cochran,
Architectural Digest,
15 Jan. 2025
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Some 240 people work there in various tech startups, AI incubators and food science labs, conducting research and business in at least 14 languages.—
Ann Abel,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Gone will be the complex vocabulary that has often kept these issues in the hands of technical teams.—
Andrew Fingerman,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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At Notre Dame, the Irish use similar vocabulary and techniques on defense and special teams.—
Matt Baker,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
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The body of water first showed up on European maps in the 1500s and has had at least 32 names in different languages and dialects throughout the years.—
Kevin Lynn,
Newsweek,
7 Jan. 2025
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Much of the driving dialogue is in Irish, and most importantly, in the Ulster dialect.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 Dec. 2024
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For instance, the grammar and translation method has been modernized to help students grasp complex concepts like abstract words, idioms and metaphors.—
Geoffrey Alphonso,
Forbes,
3 Jan. 2025
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As romantic nationalism surged, scholars travelled the country collecting fairy tales, folk songs, local idioms, and traditional crafts.—
Caitlyn Murphy,
Hazlitt,
18 Dec. 2024
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“Tongue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tongue. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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