as in curb
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not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
part of the ritual of the awards ceremony is the nominee's lip praise for the performances of his or her competitors
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Recent Examples of lip
Larry Stansbury, Essence, 24 Mar. 2025
The girls kiss as part of some kind of dare or game, much to Saxon’s delight, and then Lachlan leans over and kisses his brother right on the lips, at first a quick peck, but then back in for a longer, lingering kiss.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
Ana Escalante, Glamour, 6 Nov. 2023
The pop of color offers a shimmer-free (rare!) means of warming up a wedding look and works equally well at lip level.
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—Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2023
Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Kim faced her own ups and downs, twice lipping out putts on her back nine to finish with a 74.
—Mark Anderson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Apr. 2024
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Noun
The cookbook queen shut it down and stepped out in long, flowing black hair paired with soft pink eyeshadow, a duo of pink and black eyeliner, and a deep rose lip that tied the look together flawlessly.
—Adjective
What are lip flip side effects and risks? Unlike with traditional lip fillers, lip flip treatments have minimal side effects and no major downtime.
—Verb
Swift is often closely watched at games, with people filming her every move, attempting to lip read her conversations and even noticing when her jewellery slips off.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for lip
Noun
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That's partly because of limited curb access in congested areas — one reason Waymo had $65,000 in parking tickets last year in San Francisco.—
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The incident happened near 10 O Street in South Boston, where the vehicle was parked by the curb.—
Adjective
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By that same time next year, Munn had a nipple delay procedure, lymph node dissection, a double mastectomy, and reconstructive surgery.—
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By the time Survivor’s post-merge double elimination episode was complete, only one original Vula member stood to live another day.—
Verb
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An employee was seen sneezing directly into their hand and returning to work without washing their hands.—
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Because what’s really getting washed is the film as the paint rests safely beneath it.—
Noun
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Chelsea sources, speaking on the condition of anonymity to protect relationships, have maintained throughout that the club’s crest is not going to be replaced by this new badge.—
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In Nevada, the NWS said that snow accumulations up to 2 or possibly 3 feet were expected near the Sierra crest.—
Adjective
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These platforms sell complete phishing kits—web hosting, SMS delivery systems, fake landing pages, encryption tools—to other cybercriminals who want to run scams at scale.—
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Frisco police are investigating a series of fake social media posts made this week after the killing of a 17-year-old student at a track meet, Police Chief David Shilson said.—
Verb
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Kids splash at the shore; many visitors fish, swim and float the ponds.—
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For example, Joel Montalbano, the space agency’s deputy associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate, addressed the matter after Williams and Wilmore splashed down off the coast of Florida.—
Noun
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He’s put his head down and getting to the rim, layups, dunks and fouls.—
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The veteran center finished at the rim through contact and completed the three-point play, which put Brooklyn up two possessions with 47.6 seconds left.—
Adjective
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This now rings insultingly hollow— in 2021 Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed that the company, soon renamed Meta, did in fact have the tools to effectively halt the spread of dangerous disinformation on everything from politics to medicine.—
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This is also why the contemporaneous criticisms of the picture as style over substance ring so hollow today.—
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“Lip.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lip. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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