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Recent Examples of firewood
Store firewood piles away from your home, and plant shrubs at least 12 inches from your foundation.
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Use large baskets for holding items like blankets, firewood, or kids' toys and smaller ones for things often left on consoles and coffee tables, like keys and wallets.
—Nina Derwin, Martha Stewart, 23 Apr. 2026
When the homeowner and Jackson told Omondi to leave, Omondi allegedly picked up a piece of firewood and hit both Jackson and the homeowner in the head.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
During a blackout in February, Maykol’s neighbors chopped up a chair to use as cooking firewood rather than let the meat in their fridge rot.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
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Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 27 Apr. 2026
Use large baskets for holding items like blankets, firewood, or kids' toys and smaller ones for things often left on consoles and coffee tables, like keys and wallets.
—Nina Derwin, Martha Stewart, 23 Apr. 2026
When the homeowner and Jackson told Omondi to leave, Omondi allegedly picked up a piece of firewood and hit both Jackson and the homeowner in the head.
—Briauna Brown, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026
During a blackout in February, Maykol’s neighbors chopped up a chair to use as cooking firewood rather than let the meat in their fridge rot.
—Gisela Salim-Peyer, The Atlantic, 23 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firewood
Noun
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In the short video, a giant mass of salmon — an uncountable number of fish — are stacked up like cordwood in the narrow stream.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
15 May 2025
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Some of the early subscriptions to the Litchfield Independent were paid for with cordwood, farm produce or muskrat skins.—
Terry Shaw,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2024
Noun
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The house has brick and wood shake siding.—
Pamela McLoughlin,
Hartford Courant,
12 May 2026
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Mathisen’s paintings are draped over structures created by Nango, whose arcing wood elements mirror those seen in Sámi fishing villages, and a film by Eira in which Mathisen plays the Sámi anthem on the piano.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
12 May 2026
Noun
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The Clearing by Tim Gautreaux Tim Geautreaux’s novel is set in Louisiana in the 1920s at a cypress lumber camp.—
Melinda Salchert,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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Stout's Island Lodge, Birchwood The Stout family brought their lumber fortune and summer-home dreams from Chicago to this 1,800-acre haven on Red Cedar Lake, building what would become a classic lakeside Northwoods resort.—
Jess Hoffert,
Midwest Living,
9 May 2026
Noun
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It was designed in such a way that it would be comprised of six lattice-like beams, which were prestressed end-to-end.—
Srishti Gupta,
Interesting Engineering,
16 May 2026
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Western automakers have spent years trickling pixel-headlight features out cautiously, partly because regulations in markets like the US have historically been slow to allow adaptive driving beams in the first place.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
15 May 2026
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“Firewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firewood. Accessed 17 May. 2026.
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