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as in puff
a slight or gentle movement of air
a warm spring breeze ruffled our hair
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as in picnic
something that is easy to do
that assignment will be a breeze
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as in to flow
to move or proceed smoothly and readily
we breezed through the line for customs at the airport
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as in to speed
to proceed or move quickly
the doctor breezed past the people in the waiting room, apparently on his way to an emergency
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Recent Examples of breeze
Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
With a comfortable handle and a swivel head, the machine is a breeze to maneuver around furniture and corners.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Will McGough, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Areas To Visit Kingstown Visitors tend to breeze through Kingstown, but don't be so quick to count out the country's capital.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
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Noun
When darkness settles into the region, the breeze was expected to become steady wind.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 10 Jan. 2025
With a comfortable handle and a swivel head, the machine is a breeze to maneuver around furniture and corners.
—Isabel Garcia, People.com, 8 Jan. 2025
Verb
The roll out was interrupted by the pandemic, but its fruit is now in bloom, up and running in all New York City subway stations.
Walk down the subway stairs, approach the turnstile, and tap your credit or debit card, smart phone, or wearable device to breeze through.
—Will McGough, Forbes, 31 Dec. 2024
Areas To Visit Kingstown Visitors tend to breeze through Kingstown, but don't be so quick to count out the country's capital.
—Carley Rojas Avila, Travel + Leisure, 29 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for breeze
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Home security-camera footage shows a puff of smoke, along with the sound of an explosion, as a meteorite lands in Charlottetown.—
Ian Austen,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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The film begins with nightmarish images of elephants striking down Merrick’s mother, followed by Merrick’s birth, which is represented, like so many important moments in Lynch’s work, abstractly: a puff of white smoke.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
16 Jan. 2025
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The picnic area, which has tables, grills, and bathrooms, overlooks the ocean and is especially lovely.—
Lisa Cericola,
Southern Living,
17 Jan. 2025
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Park district taking rental applications for spring season The Naperville Park District is now accepting park rental applications from residents wanting to rent pavilions or picnic areas between April 1 and May 31.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
10 Jan. 2025
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In reality, the lack of water flowing from hydrants highlights a problem within the city’s emergency infrastructure.—
Chloe Sorvino,
Forbes,
13 Jan. 2025
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But the Biden administration concluded that some data of U.S. users would still flow to China and ByteDance would still be able to exert control over TikTok’s operations in the U.S.—
Bart Jansen,
USA TODAY,
11 Jan. 2025
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Graphic by Sohail Al-Jamea & David Newcomb The bicycle lane on Stockton Boulevard is barely two feet wide in most places, leaving cyclists a few inches from speeding traffic.—
Ryan Lillis,
Sacramento Bee,
17 Jan. 2025
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Once inaugurated, President Trump can speed things along by gathering the remnants of America’s sleepy and fragmented maritime bureaucracy under the umbrella of an empowered and dynamic maritime leader—in a new Cabinet-level post or a high-level Directorship at the National Security Council.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Hiring him would represent a breath of fresh air for the Raiders.—
Vincent Frank,
Forbes,
11 Jan. 2025
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Expect a breath of fresh air on the 19th as the sun enters the socially conscious sign of Aquarius.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
10 Jan. 2025
Verb
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If new cruise ships sailing out of Port Canaveral like Disney Cruise Line’s Disney Treasure, Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas, and Norwegian Cruise Line’s Aqua bring you to the area, plan some time to explore before or after your sailing.—
Beth Luberecki,
USA TODAY,
14 Jan. 2025
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Sun Princess is sailing Bahamas and Caribbean itineraries through March before returning from the Mediterranean to home Port Everglades next November.—
Mark Gauert,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Jan. 2025
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Its reusable first stage is built to fly at least 25 times, the company has said.—
Tariq Malik,
Space.com,
8 Jan. 2025
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News network helicopters, on standby at nearby Van Nuys airport, are not permitted to fly near the area.—
Kimberly Nordyke,
The Hollywood Reporter,
8 Jan. 2025
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Pairing with Suzuki’s smart Mediterranean-Japanese cooking, Doi went all out with an array of sakes: Shikishima Junmai, a zephyr of peach blossoms and licorice; a tawny aged brew from 1988, as acidic and nutty as Oloroso sherry; blond mango sake as sweetly fragrant as Juicy Fruit gum.—
Adam Erace,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Oct. 2023
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Most summer days on the TMB are luxurious, with zephyrs rustling the pastures, blue skies, and great hiking temperatures.—
Doug Mayer,
Outside Online,
15 Feb. 2023
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“Breeze.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/breeze. Accessed 22 Jan. 2025.
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