ten

noun

ˈten How to pronounce ten (audio)
Definition of tennext
as in doll
a physically attractive person promised me that she would fix me up with a ten

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Recent Examples of ten This leaves a window only two instructions wide, typically lasting tens of nanoseconds. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 In the southern Kherson region, which is about 70% under Russian control, officials urged tens of thousands of residents to move to safer regions due to the possibility of prolonged power and heating outages this winter. — ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026 Following Parton's death this week, the organizers said tens of thousands of additional supporters signed the petition and renewed their effort to have Nashville's airport carry her name. — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 If anything, Young worships at the altar of rock ‘n’ roll, the concert an excuse to gather tens of thousands of his disciples for communal love of the ax. — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ten
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ten
  1. doll
  2. lovely
  3. beauty
  4. babe
  5. fox
  6. eyeful
  7. dish
Noun
  • As a child, Madix would put on shows for her pug, Ming, and a doll of Fievel, the mouse from An American Tail.
    — Anna Peele, Vanity Fair, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The founders of iconic brands such as Ideal, Mattel, Marx, Hasbro, Kenner, Wham-O and Madame Alexander dolls shared roots in Yiddish-speaking Europe, and childhoods as the sons and daughters of immigrants.
    — Andrew Silow-Carroll, Sun Sentinel, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of doll
Noun
  • Simon Adingra opened the scoring for Sunderland here, after a lovely through ball from their best player this season, Granit Xhaka.
    — Michael Cox, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • But the 27-year-old Alabama man didn’t see through on that promise and ended up staying in Fiji and hooking up with other lovelies.
    — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
Definition of lovely
Noun
  • This hermetic secrecy is how Allure beauty director Sarah Kinonen and I recently found ourselves in the bathroom of a suite in the Aman hotel on New York’s Fifth Avenue, brushing our teeth while members of the Dyson public relations team looked on.
    — Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026
  • As the affiliate industry grows, particularly for fashion brands and beauty brands which increasingly route a growing share of sales through such links, the answer is getting harder to parse.
    — Tom Matsuda, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of beauty
Noun
  • Interestingly, Sean McVay remains an NFL coaching babe at 40.
    — Terence Moore, Forbes.com, 9 Aug. 2026
  • And Weird Science would simply not work if the virtual babe, Lisa, was not played so perfectly by Kelly LeBrock with knowing mischief and surprising gravitas.
    — Al Shipley, SPIN, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of babe
Noun
  • Those nutrients fertilize the tundra, which attracts the reindeer, who in turn attract predators like the Arctic fox.
    — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Williams explained that the incident occurred during a time of year when young foxes begin separating from their families and exploring unfamiliar areas.
    — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of fox
Noun
  • Wrestler Roddy Piper went off the mat for his first major acting gig as a Los Angeles guy who picks up those shades and gets eyefuls of aliens amongst him — all of whom hold the real power in our corrupt world.
    — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 8 June 2026
  • One memorable member of the Dunder Mifflin crew tells EW that viewers *do not* need to get an eyeful of him for one specific reason.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 25 May 2026
Definition of eyeful
Noun
  • If lily pollen or another substance is on a cat’s coat, Wahlen recommends wiping it away or washing the area with diluted dish soap to prevent ingestion during grooming.
    — Lauren Paige Richeson, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • The 400-odd recipes include savory pies of all stripes, a mind-boggling array of uses for many styles of cheese, and boundless vegetable dishes.
    — Scott Hocker, TheWeek, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of dish

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“Ten.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ten. Accessed 4 Sep. 2026.

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