knifes

verb

present tense third-person singular of knife
as in slices

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  1. slices
  2. thrusts
  3. punches
  4. cuts
Verb
  • That line slices the plane into two halves, one of which will contain two corners of the outer triangle (the bottom half in the figure below).
    — Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
  • You may already be accustomed to changing channels frequently since the NFL eagerly slices up its schedule across multiple networks.
    — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of slices
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  • His discreet existence ends when a bounty placed on his head thrusts him on the run with Thomas Shepard, a mysterious boy who may be Vision’s son, reincarnate.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 15 Aug. 2026
  • To the company’s credit, in January 2026, the line thrusts upward into an exponential curve.
    — Emily Forlini, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of thrusts
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  • That Febreze bottle is empty and the scented candle burned out — the current Giants’ stink punches you right in the nose, mouth and eyes.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • After a 20-yard throw and catch, Andrew Chung to Yuto Kawamura-Johnson, Warriors RB Jayden Ammons punches it in for a 1-yard TD.
    — Buddy Collings, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of punches
Verb
  • Removing humans from the equation, even in a small way, cuts against the fundamental value of their journalism in the AI era.
    — Max Tani, semafor.com, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Uptown food cart sees ‘tremendous drop’ in sales after city cuts late-night hours.
    — Evan Moore, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of cuts
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“Knifes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/knifes. Accessed 29 Aug. 2026.

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