Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ells
Noun
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Brunch here means shrimp and grits, wings and waffles, and decadent cakes that live up to the bakery’s fun-loving name.—
Rai Mincey,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025 -
At the Laredo detention center, the men and women were held in separate wings.—
Jonathan Blitzer,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Their arms were protected by a material that could let their scent through for the mosquitoes to smell, but with such tiny holes that the mosquitoes could not reach through to actually bite them.—
Eva Amsen,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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After unthreading some lug nuts from attachments secured to the port and starboard sides of the vessel, the crew deploys two metal arms that jut out a half dozen feet from the aft.—
Wesley Bruer,
CNN Money,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Ells.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ells. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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