Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shavings
Noun
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After cutting and trimming any splinters, place the stakes behind the trellis.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Oct. 2025 -
There’s splinters on the floor.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This classic recipe is complemented by slivers of bacon and ranch, two Southern favorites.—
Mary Alice Russell,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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The elder Sitake knows about embracing faint slivers of light in dark times.—
Christopher Kamrani,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This recipe gets an extra bit of zip from chunks of pineapple.—
Mary Alice Russell,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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Venture capital performance may be measured in ten-year chunks, but only an elite club of firms can claim to have stayed consistent—let alone functional—for anywhere close to that timeframe.—
Leo Schwartz,
Fortune,
21 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The largest of the Apostle Islands is Madeline Island, about a mile offshore, and the historic capital of the Ojibwe Nation, which encompasses parts of what are now Canada and the northern Great Lakes region of the United States.—
Frank Vaisvilas,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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Chainsaw Man follows Denji, a poor teen who makes a contract that fuses his body with that of Pochita, the dog-like Chainsaw Devil, granting him the power to transform parts of his body into chainsaws.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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“Shavings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shavings. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.
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