as in smile
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Recent Examples of grin
Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Marlon Wayans shared his excitement for the age-old franchise in an Instagram post Tuesday, posed next to a grinning grim reaper.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Smile 2 is unleashing its infectious grin on moviegoers across the country with a bloody successful debut.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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Verb
When Carats beam up at Seventeen on the stage, Seventeen is grinning right back.
—Mackenzie Schmidt, People.com, 30 Oct. 2024
Marlon Wayans shared his excitement for the age-old franchise in an Instagram post Tuesday, posed next to a grinning grim reaper.
—Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
In another mugshot posted online by the Cook County Sheriff's Office, Schmidt grins ear to ear.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 5 Nov. 2024
Smile 2 is unleashing its infectious grin on moviegoers across the country with a bloody successful debut.
—Shania Russell, EW.com, 20 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for grin
Verb
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The two pairs of BFFs sit around a booth, finishing each other’s stories and smiling a lot.Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 20 Nov. 2024
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In two of the pictures, the duo smiles like normal, but in the last, the two indulge in a little duck face moment.Victoria Edel, People.com, 20 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Ben Daniels’s charming smirk has not convinced me, though.Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2024
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The smirk of a male who’s knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head, and whose life’s ambition he’s just shattered.Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Aug. 2024
Verb
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Allison lies on the floor laughing in shame, but luckily Noel comes to give her a snuggle and some encouragement.Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Nov. 2024
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The morning the race was called, Hunter texted a few friends to make plans to get together and commiserate, cry, laugh.Allie Volpe, Vox, 11 Nov. 2024
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“Grin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grin. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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