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Recent Examples of preen
Ed Burke likely would be preening around the floor of the City Council as 14th Ward alderman.
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Here it has been conceived as a one-woman monologue, with Snook playing not only the preening protagonist but 25 additional characters over the course of two breathless hours.
—Hannah-Rose Yee, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
And that's precisely what happened when Aj reached out to try and spend time with her cat, who was in the middle of a preening session on her bed.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Phil Wong holds court as a master of preening all over the stage, dialing in his dynamic variance in each iteration of his wild characterizations.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
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The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
Here it has been conceived as a one-woman monologue, with Snook playing not only the preening protagonist but 25 additional characters over the course of two breathless hours.
—Hannah-Rose Yee, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2025
And that's precisely what happened when Aj reached out to try and spend time with her cat, who was in the middle of a preening session on her bed.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Phil Wong holds court as a master of preening all over the stage, dialing in his dynamic variance in each iteration of his wild characterizations.
—David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for preen
Verb
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This time, there was no cheeky fly-by organised by gloating Stockport County fans.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
23 Mar. 2025
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Amid all of that, Trump on Wednesday gloated about his administration’s tactics in an unrelated matter: congestion pricing in New York City.—
Niall Stanage,
The Hill,
19 Feb. 2025
Verb
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Handlers at the 2024 National Dog Show Presented by Purina spoke exclusively with PEOPLE about getting different breeds ready for the big event and the amount of primping required.—
Marina Watts,
People.com,
28 Nov. 2024
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Photographed by Clémence Polès The next couple of hours felt like a rom-com montage—a bunch of girls playing, primping, and posing for pictures.—
Jessie Heyman,
Vogue,
15 Oct. 2024
Verb
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Messi, at 35, led his country to glory against France, winning soccer’s ultimate prize in a pulsating match that finished 3-3 after extra time and had to be settled by a nerve-wracking penalty shootout.—
Patrick Smith,
NBC News,
19 Dec. 2022
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If Harris can bring together a family with Indian, African, and Jewish heritage, America can glory in its diversity.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
26 Aug. 2020
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The broken family exults in its own debasement just like the protesters and activist judges who pursue self-annihilation as liberation.—
Armond White,
National Review,
19 Mar. 2025
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Close chances and corresponding roars continued, the crowd exulting in a moment long overdue.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
1 Mar. 2025
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“Preen.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/preen. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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