blip
Example Sentences
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Arsenal will hope this blip is only a footnote in what can still be a successful season - but the Gunners are going to have get back to their best, and quickly.
From BBC • Apr. 4, 2026
It’s hard to see if this is a brewing crisis or a blip.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
Micron Technology shares were on pace to snap a six-session losing streak Friday, with an analyst likening the recent market freakout over memory stocks to last winter’s DeepSeek saga that ultimately proved a blip.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 27, 2026
“Either of those outcomes would shift the balance of probability from an ignorable four-to-five week blip towards what we had previously identified as the worst case of a 2022-style energy shock lasting half a year.”
From Barron's • Mar. 18, 2026
Eighteen out of nineteen Katherines worked, but this utterly insignificant blip on the Katherinadar came out looking like a jacked-up smiley face every time.
From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.