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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimneys
Noun
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The Center for Biological Diversity also asked for more monitoring at the wells’ flares — or smokestacks — but the EPA supported the state’s plan for monitoring those locations.—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
16 Mar. 2026 -
But environmental groups say reduced regulation simply externalizes the costs to the public ― and that the people who live in the shadow of power plant smokestacks, in particular, pay the price.—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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By 2017, monitoring wells — narrow pipes drilled into the ground to test groundwater — confirmed that contamination had been migrating off-site.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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Pernerewski said the first two hydrants on Bennett Avenue, which are on a six-inch water main, likely became blocked with debris and the residue has gotten inside of the pipes and did not allow sufficient flow.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
7 Apr. 2026
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Van Nuland was more interested in what was happening underground, where sprawling systems of fungal threads — from microscopic ducts to arteries thick as yarn — extended dozens of feet horizontally in all directions.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 Apr. 2026
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Sound collected by a deer’s large, swiveling outer ears is funneled through small, conical ducts into these bulbous structures protecting the middle and inner ears.—
Jeff Wilson,
Outdoor Life,
11 Mar. 2026
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“Chimneys.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimneys. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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