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Recent Examples of chimney
The building suffered a chimney fire in 2018, with damage estimated at $100,000.
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Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 31 Aug. 2025
That being said, chimney cleaning is another task that should be handled by a professional who specializes in that area and has the right tools and knowledge to do it safely and effectively.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Open burning, defined as burning materials outdoors where smoke goes directly into the air without passing through a chimney or stack (such as in a bonfire or fire pit), is allowed in Tennessee.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
With its cathedral ceiling and a tall, red chimney, the house on 79th Avenue hardly stands out in a quiet, working-class East Oakland neighborhood where residents tend to look out for one another.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
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Alec Johnson, jsonline.com, 31 Aug. 2025
That being said, chimney cleaning is another task that should be handled by a professional who specializes in that area and has the right tools and knowledge to do it safely and effectively.
—Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 31 Aug. 2025
Open burning, defined as burning materials outdoors where smoke goes directly into the air without passing through a chimney or stack (such as in a bonfire or fire pit), is allowed in Tennessee.
—Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 29 Aug. 2025
With its cathedral ceiling and a tall, red chimney, the house on 79th Avenue hardly stands out in a quiet, working-class East Oakland neighborhood where residents tend to look out for one another.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimney
Noun
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The flue gases leaving these facilities contain 3-15% CO2 by volume.—
Tejasri Gururaj,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Oct. 2025
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Make sure the fireplace flue is open before lighting it.—
Nicole Villalpando,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
Noun
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The element that sets the 95-suite 679-foot ship apart is its signature Funnel Suite, reminiscent of the smokestacks of early-20th-century ocean liners.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
28 Sep. 2025
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In the 1700’s a factory smokestack in England was spewing smoking ashes onto a neighboring property.—
Christopher A. Combs,
AZCentral.com,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The National Park Service closes the North Rim in winter, in part because the historic Grand Canyon Lodge was built for summer, with shallow pipes that would freeze in winter.—
Brandon Loomis,
AZCentral.com,
5 Oct. 2025
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Check out other gaming options in our best PC games roundup, and swing by our 2025 video game calendar to see what other titles are coming down the pipe later this year.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
4 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The film, which was found under a carpet and in a duct along with jewelry worn by Schaefer, served as evidence when Ignatow was convicted of perjury for lying to a federal grand jury about his involvement in Schaefer's death.—
Leo Bertucci,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Oct. 2025
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This matters because most breast cancers begin in glandular and fibrous tissues, specifically the milk ducts or lobules.—
Jennie Durant,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Chimney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimney. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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