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Recent Examples of grin
Ilana Gordon, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Dec. 2025
The kid in front of us was interviewed on the news in Slovenian, holding his Harry Potter, grinning.
—Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025
Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 31 Oct. 2025
He was surrounded by his boys from Alabama, trading cracks with a bleary grin.
—Nick Stern, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Frowning gives you lines, but grinning can be deadly.
—Noun
New York — For a logo with a trademark grin, Wendy’s has little to smile about nowadays.
—Recent Examples of Synonyms for grin
Verb
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The small Santa Clara diner offers a straightforward menu of burgers and burritos, paired with an abundance of patriotic decorations and walls covered in photographs of smiling customers.—
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Becky’s daughter Kaylie smiling as a baby.—
Noun
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In the video, Castela sings these words with a knowing smirk.—
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Cohen, meanwhile, couldn’t remove a satisfied smirk from his face.—
Verb
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Honestly, my only regret is this thing in the eye [laughs].—
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The Ig Nobel Prizes celebrate achievements that make people laugh, then think.—
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“Grin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/grin. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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