slit
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And singer Rose, a multiple Grammy nominee this year for "APT," her banger collab with Bruno Mars, wore a chic strapless black dress with a high slit and an outsized bird brooch at her waist.
From Barron's ● May 5, 2026
Knowing approximately when to head home for the day could be guessed by examining nature—even by looking at a sheep’s pupils, which go from a rectangular slit to a wide orb as the light fades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
By the time Tom has tracked Robbie to his home, the dreamer’s vast horizon has narrowed to a slit.
From Salon ● Oct. 6, 2025
Her dress, with banded sheer sleeves and an embroidered bodice, recalls Adjani in “Queen Margot,” but the thigh-high slit makes it distinctly Paz.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 11, 2025
But his pupils were the vertical slit of a dragon’s.
From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack
Not one of the galleries has a skylight, although some have one or two slender slits atop the walls that admit weak slivers of borrowed light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 2026
Popular styles include corseted bodices, high slits, feathered trains, detachable capes and beaded sleeves.
From BBC ● Aug. 22, 2025
She’s wearing a long, drapey skirt with high slits that reveal her tattooed legs, and her signature nails click against one another as she gestures with her hands.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2025
It found that these particles, which can either act like a particle or wave, acted as waves passing through both slits in the experiment when they were unobserved.
From Salon ● Jan. 17, 2025
She indicated the owl dozing on its perch; it had briefly opened both eyes, yellow slits which healed over as the owl settled back down to resume its slumber.
From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick
Pork is not halal, and other animals, such as chicken, beef and lamb, must be slaughtered under certified-halal standards such as the humane slitting of the throat.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 10, 2022
The new facility, built on 12 acres of land, will occupy 75,000 square feet for its composites slitting and winding technology, as well as 9,000 square feet of refrigerated warehousing.
From Seattle Times ● May 21, 2019
The rough scrape of a spoon scouring the empty cup of a emptied avocado, the stitching of a paring knife slitting a vanilla bean pod.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2018
The Arizona Republican Party, they’re just slitting their own throats,’ said John Giles, the Republican mayor of Mesa, which has a larger population than St. Louis.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2018
Baring his teeth and slitting his eye, he whipped fiercely away until they fell back and scattered in disorder, hiding behind gravestones.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
