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as in hut
a small, simply constructed, and often temporary dwelling a small cabin that hikers along the Appalachian Trail use for overnight stays

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as in cottage
an often small house for recreational or seasonal use kept a cabin in the mountains for vacations during skiing season

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Recent Examples of cabin Designed for just 20 guests across 12 opulent suites (including two dedicated solo cabins), the vessel offers an unprecedented blend of privacy, comfort and adventure. Rachel Ingram, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025 On Virgin, guests manage everything from cabin lighting to dinner reservations through an app or in-room tablet. Lauren Dana Ellman, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025 So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of a deserted cabin, held hostage by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise? Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 11 Sep. 2025 Litigation with the Forest Service has been ongoing since 2018, Saalfeld said, since the Holy fire burned at least 13 cabins. Michael Slaten, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cabin
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  • One of the images shared showed what appeared to be a makeshift hut surrounded by trees, while another showed a shelter, and one featured a tent and tarp, a gas bottle,a camping stove, and packs of what appeared to be alcohol.
    Becca Longmire, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
  • There are also several huts spread across the prairie.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025
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  • Top 5 Can’t Miss Book a lakefront stay at Wander the Resort, where sleek cottages and private beachfront access redefine rustic luxury.
    Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Built in 1885 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the estate offers five guest rooms with en-suite bathrooms, plus a standalone three-bedroom cottage for larger groups.
    Jill Robbins, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • Physicists revealed that the HRNS spectrometer will be installed behind a thick concrete protective wall surrounding the fusion chamber, near an opening several centimetres in diameter, to be able to detect neutrons produced in the very center of the plasma.
    Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 12 Sep. 2025
  • When Weimers went on to give up his remaining speaking time for a moment of silence, Vice President Katarina Barley cut him off, sparking desk-banging protests from right-wing lawmakers in the chamber.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Hill missed nearly a month of training camp and preseason with an oblique injury.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • But there wasn’t an obvious upward trajectory during training camp and the preseason.
    Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
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  • The medication works by destabilizing mast cells, or allergy cells, to decrease allergic inflammation, says Rauno Joks, MD, an allergist and immunologist at NYC Health + Hospitals/Kings County in Brooklyn, New York, who was not involved in the study.
    Tom Gavin, EverydayHealth.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Typical treatment uses an oxygen mask or hyperbaric chamber to overwhelm the body with oxygen, pushing the carbon monoxide molecules off the hemoglobin cells so that oxygen can attach instead.
    Sara Novak, Scientific American, 11 Sep. 2025
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  • In Georgia, Beau and Emma moved from an uninsulated shack into a safe, modern home built by Habitat for Humanity volunteers.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Imagine smoky jerk chicken cooked to perfection on an open-flame at a roadside shack, beckoning you to stop by for a mouthwatering bite.
    Martie Bowser, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
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  • This hanging toiletry bag has a spacious interior with multiple easy-to-clean compartments and an impressive near-five-star rating on Amazon.
    Chaise Sanders, Travel + Leisure, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The team found a set of proteins called glycolytic enzymes that actually relocate nearby and inside mitochondria—compartments in cells where critical metabolic processes occur—when cells experience stress.
    Hannah Millington, MSNBC Newsweek, 12 Sep. 2025
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  • Each bay can be filled with an SSD up to a maximum of 8TB.
    Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • EMTs transfer and deliver patients in the busy ambulance bay at UMass Memorial Medical Center.
    Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Cabin.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cabin. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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