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flipper

[flip-er] / ˈflɪp ər /


NOUN
extremity
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STRONG
NOUN
fin
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Even if you look slightly farther afield—specifically to a Montecito home that was bought by A-list home flipper Ellen DeGeneres in November 2025—it’s clear that price estimates don’t always reflect a home’s true value.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 31, 2026

The three-bedroom, one-bath home was dilapidated before an out-of-state house flipper fixed it up, she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

One ex-house flipper said he’d experimented with 50 AI-generated business ideas before landing on one he liked.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

She ultimately had to have her flipper amputated, according to Jaros.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 9, 2026

He slapped the ground with his flipper arm.

From "Fablehaven" by Brandon Mull

Using this information, their models could predict with more than 90% accuracy whether an animal possessed soft tissue flippers and whether it had highly or fully aquatic habits.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Multiple accounts we've checked ourselves show young people in wetsuits and flippers, or filming themselves already swimming, mixed with pictures from inside Ceuta itself.

From BBC ● Aug. 2, 2026

Buoys and flippers still littered the ground along the fence, while others floated in the water.

From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026

If customers sell those SpaceX shares within 15 days of the IPO, they will be flagged as flippers.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

“My life, in convenient pinball form,” Jacqui says, slamming the flippers and keeping the metal ball bouncing.

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman


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