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Recent Examples of hickory
Since 1962 the Monk family has been cooking pork shoulders on closed brick pits directly over glowing oak and hickory coals.
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Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Some like oaks and hickory trees keep their green leaves for longer.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2025
Beetles are essential decomposers in our hickory and oak boreal forests.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2025
The meat tastes of hickory and applewood, with notes of citrus and pine from the hinoki.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Robert F. Moss, Southern Living, 17 Sep. 2025
Some like oaks and hickory trees keep their green leaves for longer.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 19 Aug. 2025
Beetles are essential decomposers in our hickory and oak boreal forests.
—Markis Hill, Kansas City Star, 4 July 2025
The meat tastes of hickory and applewood, with notes of citrus and pine from the hinoki.
—Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 2 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hickory
Noun
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Leaves on her birch tree have began turning yellow and falling.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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Shaped like a wooden basket, the bag is crafted from poplar wood, birch dowels, beeswax, monogrammed canvas and leather.—
Renan Botelho,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Made from weather-resistant rattan, this set can stand up to most weather.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Bread baskets and faux bamboo flatware also complement rattan.—
Monika Biegler Eyers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
28 July 2025
Noun
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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
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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
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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
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The most exciting feature is the realistic mask, though, which has mesh eyes for kids to see through while trick-or-treating, and an adjustable strap to fit their head properly.—
Katrina Cossey,
Parents,
1 Oct. 2025
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Unlike most bags with adjustable straps that leave one long piece dangling, this pack uses a thin piece of elastic that evens out the loop for a more streamlined appearance.—
Merrell Readman,
Travel + Leisure,
1 Oct. 2025
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Next-gen leather materials made from mycelium, bacterial cellulose or grain waste like Mycoworks’ Reishi or Uncaged Innovations’ protein leather, for instance, generate a fraction of the carbon emissions of cowhide leather or polyurethane.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Sourcing Journal,
19 Sep. 2025
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The release also features the brand's most robust accessories offerings with its Suede Monogram Program, featuring the introduction of signature carryall bags in new sizes, crossbodies, and small leather goods such as belts and cardholders made of premium Kith Monogram debossed cowhide suede.—
Roxanne Robinson,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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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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The item expected to go for the third-highest sum is Indiana Jones’ eight-foot bullwhip, belt, and whip holster used by Harrison Ford in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.—
Simon Thompson,
Forbes.com,
31 July 2025
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“Hickory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hickory. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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