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Opt for a vanity that works with your existing decor and has furniture-like details like cane, fluting, and turned legs.
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Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
The Perpetual 1908 is housed in a 39mm yellow gold case with a domed and fluted bezel.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
In 75 minutes – in fluting, soaring voices, to music by Jan Ekedahl – 35 singers carry us to Stockholm and back.
—Maggie Lewis Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
The points were fluted and came in various sizes, often used on projectiles like spears.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
The Perpetual 1908 is housed in a 39mm yellow gold case with a domed and fluted bezel.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
In 75 minutes – in fluting, soaring voices, to music by Jan Ekedahl – 35 singers carry us to Stockholm and back.
—Maggie Lewis Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
The points were fluted and came in various sizes, often used on projectiles like spears.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flute
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Already known for having sparse crowds, a little over 100 paying customers milled around Smoothie King Center during the Warriors’ warmups.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
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Around them, yellow tramcars rattled down the streets, drowning out the chatter of the people who milled outside movie theaters.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Feb. 2026
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Howell also drew criticism for agreeing to a confidentiality agreement with the NFL to conceal the ruling of a collusion grievance the union had filed against the league.—
Mike Jones,
New York Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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In a show of confidence, Delrahim filed to win the Justice Department’s blessing in December — even though Paramount didn’t have a deal.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Feb. 2026
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Planning laws also resulted in the north and east faces of the tower being chamfered, presumably to ensure views and sunlight weren't blocked in key areas.—
Adam Williams,
New Atlas,
16 Apr. 2025
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The body of the A6 looks as solid as a block of granite that's been chiseled and chamfered to knock off the sharp edges.—
Fred M.H. Gregory,
Car and Driver,
12 July 2023
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His second score, midway through the second period, went off his leg after a shot from the slot by Miro Heiskanen initially grazed Evans' stick.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
26 Feb. 2026
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His second score, midway through the second period, went off his leg after a shot from the slot by Miro Heiskanen initially grazed Evans’ stick.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
25 Feb. 2026
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“Flute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flute. Accessed 1 Mar. 2026.
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