: any of a family (Formicidae) of colonial hymenopterous insects with a complex social organization and various castes performing special duties
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antenna
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antonym
Antarctica
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a
: one that performs (a specified action) : personal or impersonal agent
claimant
coolant
b
: thing that promotes (a specified action or process)
expectorant
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: one connected with
annuitant
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: thing acted upon (in a specified manner)
inhalant
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: performing (a specified action) or being (in a specified condition)
somnambulant
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: promoting (a specified action or process)
expectorant
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Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
If that doesn’t work, use Advion ant bait stations.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
Stephens is a study bug with no social life, the ant to Adam’s easygoing grasshopper.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Fortunately for me, and the ants of Europe, none of this seems to be true; multiple studies, for instance, have not found aspartame to be a useful insecticide.
—Caity Weaver, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Naperville North’s Will Harvey collects rebounds like an aardvark vacuums up ants.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 3 Feb. 2025
If that doesn’t work, use Advion ant bait stations.
—Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Feb. 2025
Stephens is a study bug with no social life, the ant to Adam’s easygoing grasshopper.
—Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 26 Jan. 2025
Fortunately for me, and the ants of Europe, none of this seems to be true; multiple studies, for instance, have not found aspartame to be a useful insecticide.
—Caity Weaver, New York Times, 25 Jan. 2025
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“Ant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ant. Accessed 10 Feb. 2025.
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