chimneys

plural of chimney

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Noun
  • Thick, black smoke and occasional flames spewed from the Moscow Oil Refinery amid its red-and-white smokestacks on the southeastern edge of the city, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Kremlin.
    Barry Hatton, Chicago Tribune, 18 June 2026
  • These modular reactors can eventually be connected directly to active factory smokestacks and local agricultural biorefineries.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 12 June 2026
Noun
  • To prevent that, some operators maintain low oil flow rates, akin to dripping a faucet in freezing cold weather to avoid frozen pipes.
    David Goldman, CNN Money, 24 June 2026
  • And for hiding unsightly landscape utilities, pipes, sprinkler valves, this realistic-looking landscape rock is deeply discounted right now.
    Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 24 June 2026
Noun
  • This will involve assessing your system’s indoor and outdoor components, including ducts and dirty filters—which should be replaced every one to three months.
    Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 17 June 2026
  • Ductal carcinoma in situ occurs when cancer cells line the ducts in the chest but have not spread to other tissue.
    Doha Madani, NBC news, 10 June 2026
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“Chimneys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimneys. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.

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