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Recent Examples of flue
This debris can block the flue and pose a fire risk.
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025
Wood-burning fireplaces create significantly more creosote, which can build up in the flue, than gas fireplaces.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025
Firs, pines, and spruces have a high sap content that can damage your chimney flue and produce a lot of creosote on your chimney walls.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
Catch up quick: Capturing the carbon from the flues of plants, like gas, coal and ethanol, and storing it underground (called CCS) has long been technically but not economically feasible, and in development.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
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Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025
Wood-burning fireplaces create significantly more creosote, which can build up in the flue, than gas fireplaces.
—Kamron Sanders, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Jan. 2025
Firs, pines, and spruces have a high sap content that can damage your chimney flue and produce a lot of creosote on your chimney walls.
—Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
Catch up quick: Capturing the carbon from the flues of plants, like gas, coal and ethanol, and storing it underground (called CCS) has long been technically but not economically feasible, and in development.
—Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flue
Noun
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Batches of paper slips representing indecisive tallies are burned using chemicals that produce black smoke from the chapel chimney.—
Marc Ramirez,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2025
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Following each vote, Cummings said, smoke is sent up the Sistine Chapel's chimney.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The satellites are fitted with custom six-band, multispectral infrared cameras designed to capture imagery suitable for machine learning algorithms to accurately identify wildfires, differentiating them from misleading objects like smokestacks.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
FOXNews.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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The satellites are fitted with custom six-band multispectral infrared cameras, designed to capture imagery suitable for machine learning algorithms to accurately identify wildfires – differentiating them from misleading objects like smokestacks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Most notably for me and my tear ducts, The Residence gave us a sweet and tender romance between Bruce Geller, played by Mel Rodriguez, and Elsyie Chayle, played by Julieth Restrepo.—
Virgie Tovar,
Forbes.com,
7 Apr. 2025
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The pollutants travel down a duct into the floating processing unit, which converts them into clean nitrogen and water.—
Katie Fehrenbacher,
Axios,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The tent includes features such as a small TV room and visible air-conditioning pipes.—
Verónica Egui Brito,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2025
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Now Currently, most regulations that address phosphorus runoff cover sources that can be easily identified, such as discharge pipes.—
Simi Thambi,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Flue.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flue. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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