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Recent Examples of shingle
Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Siding, shingles — so much is subject to the aesthetics of people who may not concern themselves with the long odds that terrible things might happen.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Built in the 1950s, the wood shingled house was more of a summer cottage than a year-round residence.
—Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
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Noun
On the exterior, the house is characterized by the use of wood shake roofing / shingles.
—Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025
Siding, shingles — so much is subject to the aesthetics of people who may not concern themselves with the long odds that terrible things might happen.
—Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Verb
Its lush grounds include a historic houseboat, shingled windmill and the thousand-year-old Chinese sarcophagus containing some of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Built in the 1950s, the wood shingled house was more of a summer cottage than a year-round residence.
—Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shingle
Noun
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The vines are planted in limestone, marl, and clay soils and are situated with eastern and southeastern exposures at altitudes of 750 to 1,000 feet so grapes mature perfectly with the right balance of sugars, acid, and minerality.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2025
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The region’s soil mixture of marl, clayey limestone, marine sandstone, and rough clay draws out Glera’s creamy texture and fresh peach notes, the wine’s signature aromatic characteristic.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes,
30 Nov. 2024
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From the queen of the Christian Louboutin Kate heel to the poster girl for the Italian bob craze, Zendaya is constantly serving up fashion and beauty inspiration.—
Katharina Fuchs,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
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Her glam included a blunt bob with a side part courtesy of stylist Jordan M, with makeup by Kirin Bhatty.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The way the rear paw print only partially overlaps the front means the animal may have been walking at a normal pace.—
Amanda Schupak,
CNN Money,
25 Apr. 2025
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On average, the index climbed 2.6% from when the two moving averages first overlapped.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
24 Apr. 2025
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The Simi Valley Landfill & Recycling Center has taken by far the biggest share of the fire detritus, receiving an average of 1,228 truckloads a day last week and a total of 636,000 tons of debris since the cleanup started.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2025
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There are two metal tables with red chairs arrayed around them, and a scaffold sculpture of East Village detritus is up left forming a Christmas tree.—
Jeffrey Seller,
Vulture,
11 Apr. 2025
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Designers are playing with proportions and adding volume to the region with cage-like boning, padded interiors, and tulle overlays.—
Shelby Wax,
Vogue,
28 Apr. 2025
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The dark shadow overlaid on a starry background is known as the Circinus West molecular cloud.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2025
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As part of the restoration process, research divers armed with metal detectors recently hit the water to see what was buried below the silt and sediment.—
Irene Wright,
Miami Herald,
18 Mar. 2025
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Best says the murky water can be full of tannins and algae and, once he’s started reaching for balls on the bottom, the disturbed silt reduces visibility dramatically.—
Don Riddell,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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But, not every talented college player heard their name called, and there is an impressive crop of undrafted free agents this year.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 Apr. 2025
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This was not a good crop of quarterbacks, and next year’s is, meaning Ewers’ stock probably wouldn’t get higher.—
Chris Vannini,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2025
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Curiosity has traveled over 21 miles from its landing site since 2012, and has obtained multiple drill site samples from layers of Martian sediment beneath it.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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And the Hayman fire ripped through the forest surrounding much of Denver Water’s southern system — which supplies approximately 80% of the utility’s water — sending tons of sediment into pipes and reservoirs and making water delivery difficult.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Shingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingle. Accessed 4 May. 2025.
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