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Recent Examples of chimney stack
Hedwig, blinkered by the bounty of her domestic environs, seemingly ignores the infernal light and smoke from nearby chimney stacks, and otherwise blocks out the machinery of mass death: the barking of guard dogs, the rumbling of crematoria, the crack of pistols, the screams of prisoners.
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Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimney stack
Noun
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Batches of paper slips representing indecisive tallies are burned using chemicals that produce black smoke from the chapel chimney.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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Following each vote, Cummings said, smoke is sent up the Sistine Chapel's chimney.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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But Melissa outwits them all and knocks everyone out by closing the fireplace flue.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
4 Apr. 2025
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Peoples Gas has been onsite multiple times over the winter and identified the boiler exhaust flue as a potential source of the sporadic smell, district officials said.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The satellites are fitted with custom six-band, multispectral infrared cameras designed to capture imagery suitable for machine learning algorithms to accurately identify wildfires, differentiating them from misleading objects like smokestacks.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The satellites are fitted with custom six-band multispectral infrared cameras, designed to capture imagery suitable for machine learning algorithms to accurately identify wildfires – differentiating them from misleading objects like smokestacks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Mar. 2025
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Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.—
Kevin Cortez,
Popular Mechanics,
25 May 2023
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Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2023
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Now Currently, most regulations that address phosphorus runoff cover sources that can be easily identified, such as discharge pipes.—
Simi Thambi,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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The tent includes features such as a small TV room and visible air-conditioning pipes.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2025
Noun
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More Southern Grandma Makeup Tips 7 Old-School Beauty Trends That Are Coming Back This Year Choose a Semi-Matte Lipstick While lip gloss has largely remained the favorite tube of the past two decades, a more natural-finish lipstick offers a dose of longer-lasting color and an inherent elegance.—
Kaitlyn Yarborough,
Southern Living,
26 Apr. 2025
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Nasal and sinus congestion, as well as fluid buildup, can block these tubes, keeping them from functioning correctly.—
Lindsay Curtis,
Health,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Most notably for me and my tear ducts, The Residence gave us a sweet and tender romance between Bruce Geller, played by Mel Rodriguez, and Elsyie Chayle, played by Julieth Restrepo.—
Virgie Tovar,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The pollutants travel down a duct into the floating processing unit, which converts them into clean nitrogen and water.—
Katie Fehrenbacher,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
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Developing this economic conduit is a key objective for the Belt and Road Initiative, Beijing’s vast overseas infrastructure investment program.—
Ye Myo Hein,
Foreign Affairs,
17 Apr. 2025
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Archaeologists began excavating and reconstructing the palace complex in the mid-1970s, including the original stone embankments, water conduit and drainage channel.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
12 Mar. 2025
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“Chimney stack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimney%20stack. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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