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canary
adjective as in buff
Weak matches
noun as in fink
Weak match
noun as in informant/informer
noun as in informer
Strongest match
Strong matches
noun as in rat
noun as in snitch
noun as in snitcher
noun as in stoolie
noun as in stool pigeon
noun as in tattler
noun as in tattletale
Strong matches
noun as in tattletale/tattler
noun as in weasel
verb as in sing
Example Sentences
“She’s almost like the canary in the coal mine,” McCarthy said.
In many ways, the U.K. is the canary in the coal mine for trade-offs that most industrialized nations will face in coming years, Wishart said.
If the film is intended to be a canary in a coal mine, that bird has long since expired.
Comedy is the canary in the coal mine for free speech.
Bitcoin remains one of the market’s favorite risk on barometers, and its recent weakness may be the canary in the coal mine on that front.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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