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Recent Examples of shingle
Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 8 May 2025
Also on board are Massimiliano Navarra, Filippo Montalto’s Andromeda shingle, Luigi and Olivia Musini’s Cinemaundici, and Stefano Centini’s Volos Films.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 May 2025
Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Built in the 1950s, the wood shingled house was more of a summer cottage than a year-round residence.
—Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
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Noun
People 50 and older and individuals with weak immune systems are most at risk for shingles.
—Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 8 May 2025
Also on board are Massimiliano Navarra, Filippo Montalto’s Andromeda shingle, Luigi and Olivia Musini’s Cinemaundici, and Stefano Centini’s Volos Films.
—Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 16 May 2025
Verb
Its lush grounds include a historic houseboat, shingled windmill and the thousand-year-old Chinese sarcophagus containing some of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Built in the 1950s, the wood shingled house was more of a summer cottage than a year-round residence.
—Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shingle
Noun
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The vines are planted in limestone, marl, and clay soils and are situated with eastern and southeastern exposures at altitudes of 750 to 1,000 feet so grapes mature perfectly with the right balance of sugars, acid, and minerality.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2025
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The region’s soil mixture of marl, clayey limestone, marine sandstone, and rough clay draws out Glera’s creamy texture and fresh peach notes, the wine’s signature aromatic characteristic.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes,
30 Nov. 2024
Noun
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Her own hair, waist-length for her entire life, was chopped into a chin-length bob.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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At the event, the actress revealed that her now famous bob from the HBO series was styled by the man behind the famed Rachel haircut on Friends: Chris McMillan.—
Starr Bowenbank,
People.com,
5 June 2025
Verb
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Huizenga and Duffy have a prior relationship from overlapping time in Congress and serving together on the Financial Services Committee.—
Marisa Schultz,
The Washington Examiner,
31 May 2025
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Instead of just going blank, After Dark screensavers showed animations: flying toasters, or falling rain, or overlapping curved lines in neon gradients.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
30 May 2025
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And while space debris and meteoroids of comparable mass burn up in our atmosphere almost every day, this piece of manufactured orbital detritus is unique.—
Eric Mack,
Forbes.com,
7 May 2025
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But if there isn’t enough kelp detritus to go around, urchins can start feeding on the living kelp itself.—
Byrd Pinkerton,
Vox,
1 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The vast glass windows and doors of the building, called Lakeside Center at McCormick Place, are overlaid with a pattern of close, opaque dots.—
Vincent Alban,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The problems at control towers and facilities overlay an ongoing stress passengers feel over a string of technology outages, close calls and fatal accidents.—
Amanda Musa,
CNN Money,
16 May 2025
Noun
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Vines growing on black silt and sand are lined parallel to the direction of the mistral wind from the north.—
Tom Mullen,
Forbes.com,
1 June 2025
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The pictures captured the lifeless water full of debris and silt, stagnant, clotted and scabbed with rubbish.—
Sarah Beckwith,
New Yorker,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Their spot in the garden can then be planted to summer crops like okra, southern peas or sweet potatoes.—
Tom MacCubbin,
The Orlando Sentinel,
31 May 2025
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This summer, though, the short crop takes on a more whimsical feel, like this cut by Caja on Instagram.—
Jacqueline Kilikita,
Refinery29,
30 May 2025
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The three mosaics were discovered beneath several feet of sediment alongside what appear to be stone walls, photos show.—
Brendan Rascius,
Miami Herald,
3 June 2025
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The team of Spanish researchers spotted the oblong rock below 5 feet (1.5 meters) of sediment during an excavation in July 2022 and reported their findings in a paper published May 24 in the journal Archaeological and Anthropological Sciences.—
Rosa Rahimi,
CNN Money,
29 May 2025
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“Shingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingle. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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