hickory

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Recent Examples of hickory Additionally, the hickory stripe denim used in the collection has a lighter, smoother weight than modern stiffer fabrications. Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 3 Oct. 2025 However, your best bet for seeing the glorious reds, oranges, or yellows of the oak, hickory, and maple trees along the route will be mid to late October. Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2025 The 200,000-acre park is covered with beech, birch and hickory trees that turn yellow, while black gums and maples offer shades of red. Graham Averill, Outside, 26 Sep. 2025 Originating at the Stanford House, a historic farmhouse built in 1843, the hike reveals fantastic views of the 65-foot Brandywine Falls with lots of tall oak, hickory, and beech trees along the way. Dave Parfitt, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hickory
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Noun
  • Looking through sketchbooks of Kaish’s time at MacDowell, Fisher found many drawings of the flowers and birch trees that would have surrounded her.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The display features a larger-than-life horse sculpture trotting through birch trees created from piano keys.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Made from weather-resistant rattan, this set can stand up to most weather.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Bread baskets and faux bamboo flatware also complement rattan.
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • Pictures of Piper the dog, who last year went through an awful health scare after having a rawhide treat.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
  • Chinese laborers, rare for that time, made rawhide bags on site to take the limestone and dump it into iron buckets on an aerial tramway, according to Meniketti’s report.
    Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 6 July 2025
Noun
  • The sedate throwing of flowers erupted into a fistfight, a ministampede and people lashed with whips and riding quirts.
    John MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Apr. 2018
Noun
  • Two additional straps wrapped around her ankles, along with a buckle to secure the shoes.
    Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The strap is similar to the Meta Quest Elite strap, which is available as an option with Meta’s VR headsets.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Engineered with innovative construction techniques, each curve of the shoe flows in plush cowhide suede, rising just above the ankle in a continuous fluid form.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Just as cowhide leather exploded in usage only after the advent of chrome-tanning in the 1980s because of the performance improvement that technology gave it, mycelium has needed this sort of breakthrough that Rei-Tan provides to turn it from an interesting raw material into a great product.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Experts warn of a bullwhip effect: Today’s surplus can morph into tomorrow’s shortage after capacity cuts, complicating cost curves and undermining learning‑rate benefits critical to long‑term competitiveness against China’s scaled ecosystem.
    Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And, in an offering from a more rugged hero, Harrison Ford’s bullwhip, belt, and whip holster (the only complete set to ever be offered at auction) from Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade is estimated to hammer down for between $250,000 and $500,000.
    Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 22 Aug. 2025

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