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Recent Examples of rattan
The modern plantation-style decor—lots of warm earthy colors and a touch of rattan—suitably echo the languid tropical surrounds.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025
Painterly boxes and woven rattans combine to create a statement lamp that lends a retro air to the timely pattern.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Dec. 2025
Synthetic wicker is durable enough to be left outside, but natural rattan or wicker should definitely be brought indoors to prevent water damage.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2025
The frame is crafted from steel and covered with stylish yet functional all-weather polyethylene rattan that’s suitable for wet environments.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Dec. 2025
Painterly boxes and woven rattans combine to create a statement lamp that lends a retro air to the timely pattern.
—Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 26 Dec. 2025
Synthetic wicker is durable enough to be left outside, but natural rattan or wicker should definitely be brought indoors to prevent water damage.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2025
The frame is crafted from steel and covered with stylish yet functional all-weather polyethylene rattan that’s suitable for wet environments.
—Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 9 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for rattan
Noun
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This example, made ca 1947–1953, features ebonized birch, glass and aluminum.—
Felicia Feaster,
AJC.com,
6 Apr. 2026
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Lynx, bears, and wolves roamed amid the dense Scots pine, birch, and rowan.—
Jen Murphy,
Robb Report,
4 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Each cocktail is purposefully crafted, bridging flavors as with a slow-sipper featuring a split whiskey base sees bitter orange, curry leaf, and a bath of hickory smoke paired with the kitchen’s tender rogan josh shank, snappy papadum, and other hits.—
Chris Malloy,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
14 Apr. 2026
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Google chose the hickory-proto open source Rust DNS library, which is not particularly optimized but has broad adoption and support.—
Nate Anderson,
ArsTechnica,
13 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The versatile, adjustable and detachable strap takes your bag from day to night.—
Tory Johnson,
ABC News,
13 Apr. 2026
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The wide brim offers sun protection and adjustable chin straps promise a secure fit.—
Claire West,
PEOPLE,
12 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Get Tough Purchase ones made from cowhide, goatskin, or pigskin leather or abrasion-resistant canvas that will be harder for thorns to penetrate.—
Libby Monteith Minor,
Southern Living,
14 Mar. 2026
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The Judith that Hudson wore is crafted from a shiny cowhide leather and features the traditional almond toe shape of clogs, and is highlighted with gold-tone studs around the shoe’s welt.—
Karla Rodriguez,
Footwear News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Other than the boulder, the stunt show at Disney World also features a bullwhip demonstration and falls from tall buildings, as well as stunts with axe-swinging stone soldiers and punji stick pressure plates.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
31 Dec. 2025
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Arcs of electricity bolted from it, blue bullwhips that flashed out from it and left thunder in their wake.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
23 Nov. 2025
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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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While most crops are available during the summer, Ward's offers pick-your-own services for two spring flowers – daffodils in mid-April through early May and tulips in late April through mid-May.—
Catherine Messier,
The Providence Journal,
11 Apr. 2026
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And so a small crop of AI infrastructure firms has sprung up to solve what amounts to AI’s secrecy problem.—
Erik German,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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“Rattan.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rattan. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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