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Sentence examples for the wedge from inspiring English sources

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the wedge

noun

One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering.

  • Stick a wedge under the door, will you? It keeps blowing shut.

synonyms

skein
wooden wedge
torpedo
hoagy
sub

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He's part of the wedge".

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The New Yorker

That included the wedge.

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The New York Times - Sports

Or maybe the wedge".

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The New York Times - Sports

Now the wedge cuts the other way.

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The New Yorker

Yes, I agree about the wedge idea.

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The New York Times

The wedge bootie ends the sentence affirmatively.

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The New York Times

Arch construction depends essentially on the wedge.

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Encyclopedia Britannica

Squirt through the wedge untouched?

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Yes, there is a thin-end-of-the-wedge argument.

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The Guardian

You can see the wedge-shaped section of shops here.

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Yale University

The wedge-tailed eagle is Australia's largest bird of prey.

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