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Recent Examples of knob
Germs are often found on surfaces touched regularly, including door knobs, sink faucets, and plastic toys.
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Jennifer Welsh, Verywell Health, 11 Mar. 2025
Most of the unit's top is taken up with chunky knobs.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
The lattice work details on the side give it vintage detail, and the classic scalloped knobs add even more nostalgia.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025
The expandable base and locking knob add some extra stability compared to suction mounts.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 14 Mar. 2025
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Jennifer Welsh, Verywell Health, 11 Mar. 2025
Most of the unit's top is taken up with chunky knobs.
—Nate Anderson, Ars Technica, 10 Mar. 2025
The lattice work details on the side give it vintage detail, and the classic scalloped knobs add even more nostalgia.
—Shea Simmons, Southern Living, 15 Mar. 2025
The expandable base and locking knob add some extra stability compared to suction mounts.
—Stackcommerce Team (sponsored), PCMAG, 14 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for knob
Noun
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Mitchell spent a chunk of the game defending Hawks star guard Trae Young, limiting him to just two field-goal attempts while guarding him for six minutes of game clock, according to NBA tracking stats.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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The Horned Frogs had a multitude of players like Bud Clark, Avery Helm, Vernon Glover, Major Everhart and more than that missed significant chunks of time during the spring.—
Steven Johnson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
18 Apr. 2025
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But she's got her choice of handsome high school hunks, including Reid (Andrew Liner), Davis' son and the school's quarterback, and Lucas (Garrett Wareing), the poor kid from the wrong side of the tracks.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Their weirdly cozy 750-square-foot studio layout, a tiny dot in a 3.5 million-square-foot hunk of capitalism, was to these bohemian commandos a rebuke to the city’s destruction of their old neighborhood close to the mall.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2025
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About 70 feet down, the rover would see purple clumps along the lakebed formed by cyanobacteria, a microorganism that thrives in habitats like sinkholes that are high in sulfate and low in oxygen.—
Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi,
Discover Magazine,
18 Apr. 2025
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Plants grow from a thick rhizome and spread to form dense clumps that benefit from late summer division every few years.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2025
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Newcastle fans can feel justifiably angry by the notion that a team will waltz off with their No 9 with a flutter of eyelashes and a wad of cash.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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But luckily, the owner of the car, who came running out of the corner deli nearby, was content to accept a wad of cash, rather than getting the cops involved.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2025
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Beelzebub, however, is nothing but evil incarnate, first appearing as a sort of metaphysical pollution—a writhing black oil-like glob suspended in midair.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
11 Mar. 2025
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But, just like peanut butter—which is considered healthy for infants—Levinson says that cold, firm chunks or thick globs of butter may pose a choking hazard.—
Sarah Scott,
Parents,
7 Mar. 2025
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That familiar lump of expectation coagulated in my stomach and throat.—
Thomas Weddle,
Outdoor Life,
17 Apr. 2025
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Labor in healthcare includes taking down medical histories, making diagnoses, lifting patients, removing lumps, palpating livers, writing notes, processing claims and comforting patients.—
Kevin Vigilante,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
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“Knob.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knob. Accessed 27 Apr. 2025.
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