flurry
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈflərē/
- Some years ago, you may remember, there was a flurry in the media about the culture wars.
- a flurry of activity
- a flurry of speculation
- a flurry of interest
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Watch on YouTubeThey will go down the mountain in a flurry of male embraces.
- They will go down the mountain in a flurry of male embraces.
- That's despite like a flurry of new X-ray objects being found.
- And there's a huge flurry of interest from Silicon Valley.
- After weathering these people, after weathering the aggressive flurries outside.
- So if you look back through the history of physics, what moments stand out to you as important such breakthroughs where a flurry of progress follows?
- There may be a flurry of texts from them and then radio silence, which they rationalize by.
- And we just got a, A flurry of rejections back like nobody wanted to buy the hour that I had.
- But I always wanted to have technique on tap so that if I ever want to do a quick flurry or, or explosion of notes, that it comes effortlessly.
- So we're supposed to have some flurries and it might happen, I don't know, but it might happen.
- OK, let's then quickly jump into a a flurry of news.
- It's I mean, there's there's a constant flurry of executional challenges.
- There were several eagles also cleaning bones and a flurry of Ravens.
Examples
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As the meeting started, there was a brief flurry of questions from the attendees.
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Almost immediately the story kicked up a flurry of activity around the area.
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And there was a little bit of a flurry of news stories about it going on.
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Physical, technological, and perhaps psychological reasons have led to a flurry of research on these materials.
Academic text (1998) -
The Mortier decision has set off a flurry of activity on federal and state levels.
Academic text (1992) -
And there's a huge flurry of interest from Silicon Valley.
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Despite this flurry of generosity, Caesar's full debt to his soldiers had not yet been paid.
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After hours of little action, we've witnessed a flurry of activity... on the 20th floor of the Chicago administration building.
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Their hover dropped into the courtyard with a flurry of dust and squawking chickens.
Fiction book (1991) -
In 1865, rinderpest reappeared in England after many years, prompting a flurry of accusations about its source.
Academic text (2013)
Synonyms
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4.2
A short time of excitement and activity
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3.6
A short busy time when many people do things quickly
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3.4
A short, light fall of snow with brief gusts of wind
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2.7
A short, light fall of snow that starts suddenly
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Etymology
Flurry comes from old dialect words like flur- that meant 'to flutter' or 'to toss', giving the image of something small moving suddenly. So a flurry is a short, sudden burst of activity, wind, or snow.