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smiley

[smahy-lee] / ˈsmaɪ li /
NOUN
emoticon
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About a decade later, Campbell’s added a smiley face to many Goldfish varieties and the bar snack became a ubiquitous kids’ snack.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

"Everybody gives me tips on my deliveries and says hello, greeting me with smiley faces," he said.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

“It’s A No For Me,” he tersely posted on social media, accompanied by a smiley face emoji wearing shades.

From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2026

Images on social media showed a person scaling the fence in a costume that included a smiley face head with sunglasses, prompting the monkeys to scatter.

From Barron's ● May 18, 2026

Correction: the smiley faces we send to each other are important to me.

From "Patina" by Jason Reynolds

The original Twitter thread, laden with exclamation points and smileys, aimed to provoke amazement and incredulity.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2021

Yellow smileys painted on the tarmac reminded everyone to keep atwo metres apart.

From The Guardian ● Apr. 24, 2020

The results of a study about using smileys in email may be disappointing to emoji lovers.

From Time ● Aug. 17, 2017

Now, though, that record may come down to anodyne emails with smileys at the end.

From Washington Post ● Oct. 24, 2016

We call them smileys because when you’re done eating all the meat off it, the goat looks like it’s smiling at you from the plate.

From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah


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