SUCTIONS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

suctions

verb

present tense third-person singular of suction

as in pumps

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Using electrodes in its pull-up handle, the scale tracks more than 60 metrics, now including hypertension risk and how efficiently the heart pumps blood—a first for a home scale, according to Withings.

— Eliza Thompson, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
Other pieces for Middleton’s Belfast look included a set of Gianvito Rossi pumps in black leather, along with a green Mulberry top-handle handbag.

— Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026

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Verb

Constantly landing on jokes — like in its portrayal of Lockjaw and his efforts to become a member of the Christmas Adventurers Club, a powerful white-supremacists faction — siphons a sense of urgency from the film’s sketches of American unrest and white male violence.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
The filing comes days after Spotify was accused in another class action lawsuit of permitting massive amounts of streaming fraud on its platform, which siphons royalties from artists whose numbers aren’t artificially inflated.

— Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 5 Nov. 2025

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Matt Selman also dishes on Quinta Brunson's appearance and the episode's multitude of Easter eggs.

— Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 16 Feb. 2026
Others dishes taco salads, burritos, quesadillas, Mexican street corn, Mexican street fries, and, for dessert, churros.

— Amanda Hancock, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Feb. 2026

Definition of dishes

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