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[gan-der] / ˈgæn dər /


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On X he posted: "What is good for the goose is good for the gander."

From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026

The truest sign vacation season is over: Take a gander at the cuckoo hotel rates in New York City next week.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

For instance, take a gander at this not-so-little equation: $1.75 trillion divided by $18.674 billion equals 93.71 times.

From Barron's ● May 29, 2026

Go on and take a gander at the ingredients list.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

“You probably took a gander at the body the Chicago cops put on display. You reckon it was really Dillinger?”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

This guarantees regular ganders at their fire-breathing pets along with Matt Smith, still beloved for his tenure on "Doctor Who."

From Salon ● Sep. 1, 2022

What must be done to provide sauce for these ganders?

From Time Magazine Archive

Best photograph: A Slovakian goosegirl, ganders and geese against a background of rolling, lawnlike fields, mountains, summer clouds.

From Time Magazine Archive

“Anybody would think we had three ganders, three geese, and twenty-one goslings. Sheep?”

From "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White

One of these games was to stand in a circle, while the junior ganders, one after another, walked into the middle of it with their heads stretched out, pretending to hiss.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White


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