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tip

[tip] / tɪp /


NOUN
warning; useful hint or idea
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"Today's figures are just the tip of the iceberg," Vicky Cann of Corporate Europe Observatory said, adding: "This takes place in the midst of the biggest deregulation wave ever seen in the EU."

From Barron's • Jun. 10, 2026

These high-profile cases are only the tip of the iceberg.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

The straw has a strange menacing string running through it and poking out of the tip, and the cup’s utility is squished into near-unrecognizability.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

Monday's quake was caused by a movement on the Cotabato Trench, off the country's southern tip.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

He leaned over and stuck the tip of his long pink tongue into the sour mash and then looked at me.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls




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