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  • plural of spoon.
  • present tense form of spoon (3rd person singular).
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spoons



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His custom-built cutlery bins, meanwhile, are exactly proportional to the length of his spoons and knives.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 15, 2026

As the sun sank, neighbors began banging spoons on metal pots from inside their homes, the subtle but unmistakable clank of government protests.

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 29, 2026

But here’s the thing: there are nights when you don’t have the spoons to deal with a knife.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

Ivorian schoolchildren crowd around masks, finely carved turtles, and ceremonial spoons once admired by visitors of Zurich's Rietberg Museum.

From Barron's Jan. 16, 2026

They had one cook pot and three spoons, and when the hoosh was ready they took turns dipping their spoons in one at a time.

From "Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World" by Jennifer Armstrong




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