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as in collision
a forceful coming together of two things
this padded case should protect your laptop from the jars normally experienced while traveling
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as in surprise
something that makes a strong impression because it is so unexpected
the flow of her day was interrupted with the jar of an unexpected crisis
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as in to bicker
to express different opinions about something often angrily
those two coworkers have such incompatible personalities that it's no wonder they constantly jar
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as in to conflict
to be out of harmony or agreement usually noticeably
the bright orange of the walls jars with the light pastels of the furnishings
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Recent Examples of jar
Sophia Panych, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
Friction is also the mechanism by which blenders with plastic jars can release large amounts of microplastics.
—Marta Zaraska, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Katcy Stephan, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
And no doubt, its blast had jarred you awake in terror.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
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Noun
The Kiehl’s Apothecary on 2nd Avenue with its jars of lip balm and endless stash of free samples.
—Sophia Panych, Allure, 1 Apr. 2025
Friction is also the mechanism by which blenders with plastic jars can release large amounts of microplastics.
—Marta Zaraska, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Verb
And yet these transitions aren’t jarring.
—Katcy Stephan, Variety, 4 Mar. 2025
And no doubt, its blast had jarred you awake in terror.
—Jody Mamone, Hartford Courant, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for jar
Noun
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That maneuver allegedly caused another vehicle to swerve to avoid impact, which led to a fatal head-on collision that killed 78-year-old Herman Hall and injured two others.—
Essence News Editors,
Essence,
14 Apr. 2025
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The Florida firefighter who drove a fire truck onto railroad tracks, resulting in a collision with a high-speed train that injured 15 people, has been fired.—
Anna Lazarus Caplan,
People.com,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The Loneliness Of The Founder’s Journey One of the biggest surprises was how isolating the founder’s role can be.—
Maks Dzherikhov,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Even as Paraguay continues to shock CONMEBOL and Africa’s state of qualifying has sprung some surprises, New Zealand, 86th in FIFA’s world ranking, will need to incorporate at least some of the hard-nosed approach that made 2010 a galvanizing moment.—
Jeff Rueter,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Hassabis and Murdoch had to hire a team from scratch.—
Hayden Field,
CNBC,
9 Apr. 2025
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Head coach Pat Kelsey has earned some trust after building an entire roster from scratch in his first year and coming away with a winner.—
CJ Moore,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Sorrell also said bickering by leadership is affecting the community.—
Samantha Moilanen,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
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Pratt, whose character plays like a cross between Han Solo and Jack Burton, is gifted with a moment or two, bickering with Herman like a married couple and yeeting cars at Sentre headquarters.—
Courtney Howard,
Variety,
7 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Key themes from this year's winning selection range from politics, and gender, and migration, to conflict, and the climate crisis.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
27 Mar. 2025
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Years later, he feels conflicted about speaking out against the church.—
Guthrie Scrimgeour,
Rolling Stone,
16 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Rami Sinno is crouched beside a filing cabinet, wrestling a beach-ball sized disc out of a box, when a dull thump echoes around his laboratory.—
Billy Perrigo,
Time,
2 Apr. 2025
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Then the silence was broken by the loud thump of Olive’s .38/40.—
Horace R. Hinkley,
Outdoor Life,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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On Monday, as stocks were tumbling, a mysterious, apparently misfired tweet about a 90-day tariff relief plan briefly turned the market around in a wild jolt.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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Lightning strikes may kill untold numbers of trees every year, but one tropical species has evolved to benefit from the sudden jolts of electricity.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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When that barrier gets broken, say, by a cut or a scrape, the sensitive tissues underneath the top layer of skin can quickly become exposed to bacteria and pathogens.—
Amelia McBride,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Apr. 2025
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Sadowski has had scrapes with the law and for more than two decades has been in and out of recovery programs.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Jar.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jar. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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