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Recent Examples of shanty
Behind her, a cluster of pastel shanties houses Rain Barrel Village, an open-air market and artist haven for more than 40 years.
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2025
Other communities, like the one in Windsor, have phone shanties for community use.
—Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
Exporting nations, including Canada and Argentina as well as the U.S., enjoyed an unprecedented boom during and after World War I.
Across the Midwest, tens of thousands of new houses and barns were built to replace the shanties built by the first European settlers.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
But beginning with the Class of ’23, search sea shanties have been growing grimmer.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Carrie Honaker, Travel + Leisure, 5 Aug. 2025
Other communities, like the one in Windsor, have phone shanties for community use.
—Kansas City Star, 23 July 2025
Exporting nations, including Canada and Argentina as well as the U.S., enjoyed an unprecedented boom during and after World War I.
Across the Midwest, tens of thousands of new houses and barns were built to replace the shanties built by the first European settlers.
—Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 15 June 2025
But beginning with the Class of ’23, search sea shanties have been growing grimmer.
—Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 13 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shanty
Noun
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For nearly a decade, each of my winters has brought at least one trip to a mountain hut for a weekend with a hardy group of friends.—
The Denver Post,
Denver Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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Les Gaufres de Chamonix has been serving irresistible waffles from a humble hut since 1965.—
Jen Murphy,
Outside,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Newsom has found himself in this camp.—
Sal Rodriguez,
Oc Register,
9 Jan. 2026
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The base camp also serves as headquarters for many of that team’s traveling fans.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
8 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Learn about Barbados’ heritage with a rum shack tour or an excursion to a local Rasta community.—
Annie Daly,
Vogue,
3 Jan. 2026
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All are unified by a boardwalk that’s open to the public and lined with bike rentals, a taco shack, platforms for live music and a full-time professional sandcastle builder.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
29 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Accessibility Nimmo Bay welcomes wheelchair users and guests with limited mobility—cabins and public spaces are accessible with staff support—but full independence can be challenging given the remote setting's rustic boardwalks, floating docks, and uneven natural terrain.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
10 Jan. 2026
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This hardware also underpins an integrated cabin-and-driving central domain control architecture, enabling far tighter coordination between infotainment, vehicle systems, and driver assistance.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Jan. 2026
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“Shanty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shanty. Accessed 15 Jan. 2026.
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