fins

noun

plural of fin, slang
as in ones

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Recent Examples of fins Our fish farm worked beautifully right up until the NewCoral molted, growing fins and fangs and one rocky fin, terrorizing the coastline and hunting the NewFish almost to NewExtinction. — Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2025 The sharks are another story — their flesh is not well regarded and is often given away, while its fins are considered poor quality for the global shark fin trade. — Melissa Cristina Márquez, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for fins
  1. ones
  2. tens
  3. hundreds
  4. chips
  5. dollars
  6. fives
Noun
  • That’s made the industry one of the most visible examples of how China’s breakneck AI transformation is impacting people’s livelihoods — wiping out jobs and creating new ones, leaving everyone unsure what’s next.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2026
  • While there are currently Asprey disposable bathroom toiletries, these will be replaced with eco-friendlier refillable ones.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of ones
Noun
  • The rates Denver has been paying the private law firm are substantially higher than averages reported by Clio, a legal technology company that tracks billing data from tens of thousands of legal professionals.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Raman said the city has lost tens of thousands of film jobs under Bass and said Los Angeles needs a more aggressive film tax credit to compete with other states.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of tens
Noun
  • Amazon’s plan would expand its drone delivery operation more than sixfold nationwide into hundreds of new communities, including the Chicago, Atlanta, Cleveland and Boise metro areas.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Facebook is now home to hundreds of groups specifically for parents of college students.
    — Mary Frances Ruskell, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of hundreds
Noun
  • Instead of flammable mulch like bark or wood chips, use lava stone or coarse gravel around any shrubbery that is within 5 feet of the structure.
    — Sarah Perkel, USA Today, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Because each task requires vastly different amounts of memory, data, and compute power, Dacombe argues that separate chips will actually make the AI process more efficient, as long as the chips can effectively communicate with each other.
    — Alexandra York, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of chips
Noun
  • The average transaction price of a subcompact SUV was $31,052 in July, a few thousand dollars more than a traditional compact car but considerably less than a midsize SUV.
    — Beth Livesay, AJC.com, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Brown's former law firm Denver's current City Attorney has a previous connection to the law firm now receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars from the city.
    — Brian Maass, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of dollars
Noun
  • LaPour was the preseason Big 12 Pitcher of the Year and got his season off to a strong start against Vanderbilt, giving up two runs off fives hits in five innings of work with five strikeouts.
    — Lawrence Dow, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Feb. 2026
Definition of fives

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