Thesaurus results for SHRUGS

shrugs 1 of 2

noun

plural of shrug

as in waves

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shrugs

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verb

present tense third-person singular of shrug

as in informs

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Noun

In Long Beach, waves breached a bulkhead, flooding homes and nearby streets, according to the Long Beach Post and videos posted online.

— N. Kirkpatrick, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
Surges can reach as much as 20 feet or more and that does not include waves, which are on top of storm surge.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of waves

Verb

That refusal to judge also informs Coon’s broader approach to acting.

— Katherine Brodsky, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
Livia’s unease informs her skepticism of politics; in linking the two, Kingsolver conflates class and culture, using the former as an excuse for what really just seems to be Livia’s constitutional conservatism.

— Sam Worley, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of informs

Noun

The performing community challenged that notion, tracing the scat-singing and gesticulations to earlier artists including Black jazz performer Baby Esther Jones and cabaret entertainer Florence Mills.

— Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026
But on a Sunday morning in July 1595, the groan of the heavy wooden door startled him from his gesticulations.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 19 Mar. 2026

Definition of gesticulations

Noun

Macho Cowboy At the top of the pinnacle of power within the telenovela structure is the macho cowboy whose high emotional expressions of jealousy, anger, and confrontation are accepted as passionate acts of strength or romantic gestures.

— Damaly Gonzalez, ARTnews.com, 30 Sep. 2026
Chris Matthews, with Blankies 4 My Buddies, said those seemingly small gestures can carry meaning.

— Jamal Goss, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of gestures

Verb

Its look, a pleasing meld of contemporary glass and steel, mid-century accents, and exposed brickwork, nods to the past.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
By translating the contours of a tulip into concrete and steel, the tower nods to the cultural roots of its developer while adding a sculptural flourish to Miami’s evolving skyline.

— Kieron Marchese, Architectural Digest, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of nods

Verb

The film, billed as a biographical dramedy, tells the story of a chaotic boardroom crisis at OpenAI in November 2023, when co-founder Altman was fired and then re-hired at the AI giant.

— Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026
Ilya is looking for work as an assistant, and the professor, with his dandyish nerd arrogance, tells him to look at a paper he’s written and come back in a few days.

— Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of tells

Verb

Most of the funding gap relates specifically to weapons purchases, Zelensky said, and future financing for Ukraine could come in the form of deals for sharing technology and joint drone production.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
And then Mowbray relates some personal evidence of what has not changed — Middlesbrough’s attachment to football.

— Michael Walker, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2026

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