stick
Example Sentences
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Whether that date will stick is another question.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
So for the Lakers, Thursday will be a measuring stick against the best the league has to offer.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026
Those remarkable dressings displayed here reveal dynamic, shorthand ink vignettes—energetic hieroglyphs and vibrating, wiry stick figures whose spells discharge like lightning.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
Automating her expenses has helped Dunlap, who saved $100,000 by age 25, stick to her goals.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
“Fine. We can split up,” the bearish boy said, wringing the stick in his huge hands.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
