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teacup

noun

Definition of teacup

as in cup

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Recent Examples of teacup West said Eisner was particularly delighted with the stage trickery that allowed a child actor to be seen as Chip, a teacup. — Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2026 Varley videotaped himself keeping Preston awake and then spinning him on a playground teacup at excess speed, according to police. — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 15 June 2026 The courses can be tiny, from a teeny teacup of hot chicken broth infused with the aged Alpine echo of Pleasant Ridge Reserve cheese or a squiggly sweet funnel cake dusted with spicebush berry sugar. — Zareen Syed, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2026 The painting, which is featured in a traveling Sherald survey that opens at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art on May 15, features a young woman holding an oversized teacup and staring at the viewer. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for teacup

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Noun

The Aspiron Canister Vacuum is designed with a powerful brushless motor, three-stage filtration system, and large dust cup that keeps shoppers from having to constantly empty it.

— Jill Layton, PEOPLE, 4 July 2026
Gardencup specializes in gourmet salads and bowls layered in a unique, portable cup—just shake, pour and eat.

— Rachel Cortez, USA Today, 4 July 2026

Definition of cup

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Like its existing Ray-Ban Meta and Oakley smart glasses lines, the new designs are developed with EssilorLuxxottica — the group that also owns Prada eyewear, rumored to be Meta’s next collaborator.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 7 July 2026
Those included a charmingly cluttered Bucket family home, a lush candyland with the smell of chocolate piped through the Royal Theater to complement the full-size mock chocolate river, and a glass elevator that flew above the audience.

— Nathan Diller, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of glass

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The first is designed with standard drinks in mind, while the second one is made specifically for wine goblets.

— Stephanie Osmanski, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 June 2026
This house specialty is a whopper of a drink and comes in a goblet filled with the family’s secret blend, which is heavy on Clamato mix.

— Richard Guzman, Daily News, 24 June 2026

Definition of goblet

Noun

O’Connor’s harrowing depictions of the effects of irresistible grace on the willfully self-damned aren’t everyone’s chalice of wine.

— SPIN Team, SPIN, 22 June 2026
It’s served in the chalice-like 1960s Bar Basso glass, paying homage to the iconic Milanese bar where the Sbagliato was created.

— Mariette Williams, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 May 2026

Definition of chalice

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