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tentacle

noun as in appendage

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With tentacles capable of stretching several meters and delivering intensely painful stings, tracking these organisms helps protect swimmers and beachgoers while also improving scientific understanding of marine ecosystems.

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Artificial intelligence External link has its tentacles in many sectors of the economy beyond big tech, including heavy machinery.

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Vought is a proponent of the “unitary executive” theory, the argument that the president should have unfettered control over every tentacle of the executive branch, including independent agencies such as the Federal Reserve.

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It’s also highly intelligent and fast, propelling itself via slick tentacles like a bloody octopus.

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It has "many, many, many, tentacles that go everywhere", she says.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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