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Recent Examples of chute
At the dam’s base, water is forced into a narrow chute—about 100 yards wide and over 700 feet deep—creating violent Class 5 rapids, some of the most dangerous in the world.
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Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The first month of the season has been a marathon, with the Red Sox playing 36 games in 39 days out of the chute with only three scheduled off days.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 May 2025
This means that Noyes has only been able to ski one or two of those chutes in a day.
—Jake Stern, Outside Online, 25 Apr. 2025
Three bamboo chutes lay in front of her, two risking her Safety Without Power and one containing an Immunity Idol that's good until the Final Five.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Margie Warrell, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
The first month of the season has been a marathon, with the Red Sox playing 36 games in 39 days out of the chute with only three scheduled off days.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 May 2025
This means that Noyes has only been able to ski one or two of those chutes in a day.
—Jake Stern, Outside Online, 25 Apr. 2025
Three bamboo chutes lay in front of her, two risking her Safety Without Power and one containing an Immunity Idol that's good until the Final Five.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 24 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chute
Noun
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Rafting class system, explained Most kid-friendly white water rafting trips fall within Class I-II.—
Morgan Tilton,
Denver Post,
8 June 2025
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What started as a distant rumble grew into an earthquake-like tremor—a freight train of white water barreling toward them.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes,
22 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Likening it to how digital quickly overtook film and how now cell phones are being used for professional shoots, Kenney-Silver shared that advancement is par for the course.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
19 June 2025
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Productions will have two weeks of prep and two week shoots using the same crews but with a change of DP.—
John Hopewell,
Variety,
18 June 2025
Noun
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Over roughly a decade, approximately 8,000 giant sequoias — some aged over 2,000 years — were felled using cross-cut saws, axes, steam donkeys and elaborate flume systems that transported logs to distant mills.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
24 May 2025
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Next was dad Harry following closely behind as his little princess met a Disney Princess, before the family was photographed going up a log flume ride at Tiana's Bayou Adventure.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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“Chute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chute. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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