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jaw

noun as in bones of chin

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verb as in talk a lot

verb as in criticize

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Lemberg and his team initially thought that Tiktaalik might have used crocodile-like snapping motions to eat, given the apparent similarity of their jaws.

The jaw came from a mosasaur living at the very end of the Cretaceous Period.

OpenAI’s GPT-3 algorithm collectively dropped jaws last year, both for its size—at the time, a record-setting 175 billion parameters—and its abilities.

Most arthropods have jaws similar to ours, called mandibles.

Neck massageIf you tend to clench your teeth to release stress, it’s very likely the muscles around your spine and right under your jaw feel stiff.

Aviation experts across the world experienced severe jaw dropping at this news.

It took me 1,015 strokes to see this shade of green in a world of orange, and my jaw nearly dropped.

The industry lore is downright jaw-dropping in the details of the cons known as “brick-in-box” returns.

Even by the already money-drenched standards of American politics, the Eldridge campaign was a jaw-dropping spectacle to behold.

And soon all of America got to see Ray in the ring with Janay, hitting her with a shot in the jaw.

My coup-d'œil assured me that it was practicable to give to this feature the character of a projecting under-jaw.

He usually seizes his prey by the flank near the hind leg, or by the throat below the jaw.

He had had his jaw smashed but I have seen men pull longer faces at breaking a collar stud.

He had a long pale face with an indifferent complexion and the common American lantern jaw.

The constable stared at the cadet for a moment and then his jaw dropped and likewise the club in his hand.

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On this page you'll find 87 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to jaw, such as: bone, mouth, chops, jowl, mandible, and maxilla.

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

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