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Recent Examples of chestnuts
The only way to end Argentina’s currency nightmare and pull Milei’s chestnuts out of the fire is to replace the peso with the dollar.
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Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
As Middleton shared with the first lady, Prince Louis, who is seven, is now obsessed with chestnuts.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
This is also when local markets brim with seasonal ingredients like porcini mushrooms, chestnuts, and hazelnuts.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
Istanbul pulses with history—its skyline crowned with slender minarets, grand domes, and bustling bazaars filled with copperware, carpets, and the scent of roasted chestnuts.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Woody and green aromas, followed by a taste that differs—mocha and figs and some roasted chestnuts.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
So UConn’s postseason chestnuts were once more extricated from the fire, the freshman performing to keep things alive.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2025
Street vendors hawked goods displayed on blankets spread on the sidewalk and sold steaming hot chestnuts from carts.
—New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Christmas Eve may be a good time to roast chestnuts on the fire (or maybe toast marshmallows), but Parker Solar Probe scientists have built their spacecraft to avoid getting burned by the sun.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Jason Ma, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2025
As Middleton shared with the first lady, Prince Louis, who is seven, is now obsessed with chestnuts.
—Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 24 Sep. 2025
This is also when local markets brim with seasonal ingredients like porcini mushrooms, chestnuts, and hazelnuts.
—Alexandra Emanuelli, Travel + Leisure, 21 Sep. 2025
Istanbul pulses with history—its skyline crowned with slender minarets, grand domes, and bustling bazaars filled with copperware, carpets, and the scent of roasted chestnuts.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Woody and green aromas, followed by a taste that differs—mocha and figs and some roasted chestnuts.
—Tom Mullen, Forbes, 2 Mar. 2025
So UConn’s postseason chestnuts were once more extricated from the fire, the freshman performing to keep things alive.
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 19 Feb. 2025
Street vendors hawked goods displayed on blankets spread on the sidewalk and sold steaming hot chestnuts from carts.
—New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Christmas Eve may be a good time to roast chestnuts on the fire (or maybe toast marshmallows), but Parker Solar Probe scientists have built their spacecraft to avoid getting burned by the sun.
—Tariq Malik, Space.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chestnuts
Noun
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New novels are rightly praised for breaking with traditional forms and criticized for turning to stale formulas and cliches.—
Nathaniel Moore
September 10,
Literary Hub,
10 Sep. 2025
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Just really not going to sit here and give some cliches.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There is an outright rejection of bromides that would give us some conclusion of reassurance.—
Richard Newby,
HollywoodReporter,
30 Sep. 2025
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Incidents of such poisoning saw a sharp decline when the Food and Drug Administration phased out the use of bromides in pharmaceuticals between the mid 70s and late 1980s.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
13 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Blending thriller, drama and romance tropes coated in an overall ironic tone, the film marks the directorial debut of Rampoldi, who is a prominent Italian screenwriter.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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Most women fall somewhere in between those two tropes, and for years feminists like Strauss have been working to do away with that false binary.—
Nicole Fallert,
USA Today,
10 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Chestnuts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chestnuts. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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