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cherry

[cher-ee] / ˈtʃɛr i /


ADJECTIVE
new at something
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ADJECTIVE
(vulgar) virginal
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NOUN
(vulgar) hymen
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STRONGEST


NOUN
(vulgar) virginity
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"I think it's what spurs you on really, finding a new species. It's like the icing on the cake, or the cherry on top."

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

“I call it the cherry on top,” said Jeff Burke, a career coach for recent college graduates.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

There isn’t much Gamay grown in Maryland, making this juicy red, with notes of ripe strawberry and cherry, even more special.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 27, 2026

Choose whatever farmers market flavor is calling to you—apricot, sour cherry, blackberry and red plum would all be excellent this time of year.

From Salon Jul. 20, 2026

And of course the caved-in chocolate-covered cherry, at least half a dozen Scottish short-breads, a generous slice of fruitcake, and that jam tart.

From "Secrets at Sea" by Richard Peck

Each Beeswax Mixed Berry Birthday Candles set is cast from real mixed berries — strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries and cherries.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 1, 2026

Adding foods like blueberries, plums, blackberries, broad beans, and cherries to your daily diet, especially when paired with green tea, could be a simple way to support heart health, according to new research.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2026

Eating blueberries, plums, blackberries, broad beans and cherries, washed down with green tea, is an ideal way to top them up, they say.

From BBC Jun. 8, 2026

He included the bite mark for scale to set the apple apart from similar round fruit like cherries -- learning only later it was a homonym for the computer term "byte".

From Barron's Mar. 29, 2026

Some plurals are just a bowl of cherries.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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