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Recent Examples of teacup
Even secondary characters and park-specific icons, like the Haunted Mansion’s Hat Box Ghost and Chip and Dale in a Mad Tea Party teacup, are included.
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Amanda Greenwood, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Nov. 2025
Unlike the mate consumed across Argentina—and served in a gourd—this version, known as mate cocido, was smoky and sweet, and served in a teacup.
—Kendall Hunter, Travel + Leisure, 17 Nov. 2025
Alina cradled her teacup, half awestruck.
—Julia Ioffe, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2025
The Fujiwhara Effect is the interaction of two tropical systems that causes both to dance around each other like a spinning teacup amusement park ride or ballroom dancers moving in unison, AccuWeather said.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for teacup
Noun
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This pick in particular has four flexible, food-grade silicone compartments, each with a one-cup capacity and a lid to protect against spills and freezer burn.—
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Plus, there are plenty of places along the way to stop for a snack and a cup of coffee.—
Noun
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Simply choose the right size for your meal, place the glass bowl in the air fryer, and start cooking with the push of a button.—
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To McDermott, wearing glasses would be a reminder that more sand might be in the bottom of his hourglass than the top.—
Noun
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Among the silver items were a tripod jar and a silver goblet with remarkable designs of grape and honeysuckle.—
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Cup one end of a dumbbell in both hands in front of your chest with your elbows pointing down—in this position, the dumbbell and your arms will look like a goblet.—
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The whole quest for the Holy Grail—the magical chalice Jesus drank from during the Last Supper or, alternately, which Joseph used to collect Jesus’s blood at the cross—is the raison d’etre for exploits of Arthur and his knights.—
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Eli in blonde Viking braids with a purple chalice?—
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“Teacup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/teacup. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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