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veins

noun

plural of vein

as in manners

a distinctive way of putting ideas into words the author goes on in that sarcastic vein for pages

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Recent Examples of veins Advertisement When a clot blocks one route, blood can take a detour through other veins. — Angela Haupt, Time, 16 Oct. 2026 About 25 percent of people with superficial blood clots also have a blood clot in deeper veins. — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Poems are distillations into presence wherein now exists in blood flowing through veins, in muscles contracting and releasing, in joints flexing and extending, in this inhale, in this foot strike against the pavement, in this sigh. — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026 That was the case with hydraulic mining in the West, which involved aiming a torrent of water under high pressure to blast away soil and boulders to expose the underlying gold veins. — Business Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026 But the people facing execution often have veins that are tricky to access. — M. Sara Rosenthal, STAT, 13 Oct. 2026 Moving your body, eating a nutritious diet and maintaining a healthy weight can improve blood flow and ease pressure on leg veins. — Erica Sloan, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026 When the third act slows down to dramatize the hours of Altman’s ouster from OpenAI, Guadagnino has almost no way of generating the sort of ice-blooded intrigue that runs in Fincher’s veins. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 6 Oct. 2026 Jake having this dark magic, with the veins, brings this whole new level of danger to the whole show. — Mya Copeland, Variety, 5 Oct. 2026

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Noun

The problem isn’t so much a question of bad manners or even of corruption.

— Robert A. Ballingall, The Conversation, 13 Oct. 2026
On the Awesome Etiquette podcast, Lizzie Post and Daniel Post Senning answer your questions on, well, pressing manners.

— Air Mail, Air Mail, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of manners

Noun

Nordic drama is still often associated internationally with crime, darker tones and a certain visual restraint.

— Marta Balaga, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
Designed by notable furniture and interior designer Yabu Pushelberg (whose projects also include JW Marriott Hotel Tokyo), rooms are awash in warm gray tones and feature upholstered linen beds.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of tones

Noun

Instead modes of therapy that help people reduce black-and-white thinking, such as dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), are beginning to show promise in treating addictions.

— Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Vanguart’s follow-up watch, the Orb, was three years in the making, and became the world’s first tourbillon featuring a function selector to switch between manual and automatic modes.

— Rachel Ingram, Robb Report, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of modes

Noun

Each of the homes is beautifully decorated for the holiday season with the homeowners’ individual styles and family traditions, organizers said.

— Claire Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Some have questioned whether the 76ers can keep all of their stars satisfied this season, but Embiid believes the team can succeed without forcing its stars to make major sacrifices or drastically alter their playing styles.

— Chantz Martin OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026

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