Cheshire cat
noun
Chesh·ire cat
ˈche-shər- 
: a broadly grinning cat in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Examples of Cheshire cat in a Sentence
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In the quantum Cheshire cat experiments, a weak measurement is made along a path in the interferometer, the paths then merge, and the emerging particles are measured with an ordinary detector.
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Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2024
Might Trump prove to be a flash in the pan who disappears like the Cheshire cat without even a smile in Alice in Wonderland?
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024
Another great option is going as a Mad Hatter and the Cheshire cat who just jumped our of the Wonderland for Halloween.
—Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2022
The purple and pink Cheshire cat smiles from above, while the little caterpillar smokes on a mushroom across the way.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2022
Like the Cheshire cat, really; just off to the side, watching, a little wicked, a little charming, a lot mysterious.
—Benjamin Lindsay, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
Bruce navigates his compact kitchen with the grace of an elegant Cheshire cat.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2021
So, with the invisible, ubiquitous tenacity of Lewis Carrol's Cheshire cat, the pollution will foul our atmosphere -- and overheat the globe -- far into the 22nd century.
—James Gerstenzang, CNN, 1 Aug. 2021
Wandering into the Cheshire cat’s territory, Cynthia at one point encounters a hostile border guard.
—Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 9 Sep. 2024
Might Trump prove to be a flash in the pan who disappears like the Cheshire cat without even a smile in Alice in Wonderland?
—Armstrong Williams, Baltimore Sun, 8 Mar. 2024
Another great option is going as a Mad Hatter and the Cheshire cat who just jumped our of the Wonderland for Halloween.
—Kaylee Remington, cleveland, 20 Oct. 2022
The purple and pink Cheshire cat smiles from above, while the little caterpillar smokes on a mushroom across the way.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 9 June 2022
Like the Cheshire cat, really; just off to the side, watching, a little wicked, a little charming, a lot mysterious.
—Benjamin Lindsay, Vulture, 17 Dec. 2021
Bruce navigates his compact kitchen with the grace of an elegant Cheshire cat.
—BostonGlobe.com, 2 Nov. 2021
So, with the invisible, ubiquitous tenacity of Lewis Carrol's Cheshire cat, the pollution will foul our atmosphere -- and overheat the globe -- far into the 22nd century.
—James Gerstenzang, CNN, 1 Aug. 2021
Wandering into the Cheshire cat’s territory, Cynthia at one point encounters a hostile border guard.
—Washington Post, 26 Apr. 2021
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