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Recent Examples of flute
Opt for a vanity that works with your existing decor and has furniture-like details like cane, fluting, and turned legs.
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Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
The Perpetual 1908 is housed in a 39mm yellow gold case with a domed and fluted bezel.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
In 75 minutes – in fluting, soaring voices, to music by Jan Ekedahl – 35 singers carry us to Stockholm and back.
—Maggie Lewis Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
The points were fluted and came in various sizes, often used on projectiles like spears.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 Apr. 2025
The Perpetual 1908 is housed in a 39mm yellow gold case with a domed and fluted bezel.
—Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025
In 75 minutes – in fluting, soaring voices, to music by Jan Ekedahl – 35 singers carry us to Stockholm and back.
—Maggie Lewis Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024
The points were fluted and came in various sizes, often used on projectiles like spears.
—Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for flute
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That approach comes through in wide-plank floors milled from older-growth wood, and in antiques that are integrated into the home’s architecture rather than merely placed within it.—
Leonora Epstein,
Architectural Digest,
13 Feb. 2026
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Warriors assistant coaches Ron Adams and Seth Cooper milled around the room lobby before making their way to the theater seats for a showing, and sports reporters outnumbered the film critics on the red carpet.—
Joseph Dycus,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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It was eventually consolidated with similar cases filed by 12 states and Learning Resources, an educational supply company.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN Money,
21 Feb. 2026
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This latest news comes just a few weeks after Mayweather filed a lawsuit against Showtime Networks and the former president of Showtime Sports, accusing the company of helping facilitate a fraud scheme that deprived him of roughly $340 million in earnings.—
Matt Schubert,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2026
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Planning laws also resulted in the north and east faces of the tower being chamfered, presumably to ensure views and sunlight weren't blocked in key areas.—
Adam Williams,
New Atlas,
16 Apr. 2025
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The body of the A6 looks as solid as a block of granite that's been chiseled and chamfered to knock off the sharp edges.—
Fred M.H. Gregory,
Car and Driver,
12 July 2023
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After parking her car in the garage, the victim tried punching in a code to close the garage door when a projectile grazed her face.—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
18 Feb. 2026
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In contrast, Delta and United’s primary hubs in Atlanta and O’Hare were barely grazed.—
Jeffrey Sonnenfeld,
Fortune,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Flute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flute. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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