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Recent Examples of shingle
The Week Us, TheWeek, 11 May 2026
The new feature will be produced by Studiocanal and Bien ou Bien Productions, and has been buzzed about since 2022 (during a December 2025 event, the shingle had much to say about the project, via Variety).
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 May 2026
The Week Us, TheWeek, 6 Apr. 2026
The iron weights that hang below the clock are spruce cones; the tiny roof is delicately shingled.
—Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
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Noun
Travis Heights The Academy, an 1889 shingle-style Victorian, was once a military school and inhabited by a Texas Supreme Court justice.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 11 May 2026
The new feature will be produced by Studiocanal and Bien ou Bien Productions, and has been buzzed about since 2022 (during a December 2025 event, the shingle had much to say about the project, via Variety).
—Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 11 May 2026
Verb
Riskin Partners at Village Properties/Luxury Portfolio International, (805) 565-8600
Madison, Conn.
Designed by Robert Page, this shingled 2010 coastal contemporary is three houses from the water and has Hartford Avenue Beach rights.
—The Week Us, TheWeek, 6 Apr. 2026
The iron weights that hang below the clock are spruce cones; the tiny roof is delicately shingled.
—Kendra Atleework, Longreads, 12 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shingle
Noun
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Its striking blue-green hues and clarity—allowing visibility of 20 to 30 feet—are due to minimal organic runoff and calcium-rich marl sediment from its glacial origins.—
Taryn White,
Travel + Leisure,
21 May 2026
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The collection is available in black, white, grayed purple, concrete blue and stone gray marl, and also includes accessories such as socks and a dad cap.—
Jean E. Palmieri,
Footwear News,
11 May 2026
Noun
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Girl is always camera-ready with her cute blond bob, sunny yellow dress and matching shoes, holding a blue box of Morton salt in one hand and umbrella in the other for those rainy days.—
Lisa Gutierrez,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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This latest take on the bob is set to become a trend this season thanks to its low-maintenance requirements and casual vibe.—
Vanessa Santos,
Glamour,
1 June 2026
Verb
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The long passing move which started from a short goal kick by Yassine Bounou ended in an overlapping Hakimi finding Bilal El Khannouss’ run into the penalty area.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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The effect depends on how much the zinc oxide and tellurium layers overlap inside the structure.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
5 June 2026
Noun
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In Literature and Painting Playset, 2025, a Cartman-like figure wearing a beret splashes daubs of paint on the screen while a female figure in pilgrim dress delivers a long, disjointed monologue patched together by Kokopeli from Quora posts, art history texts, and other online detritus.—
Theo Belci,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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The great piles of detritus in the street had completely vanished.—
Amer Matar,
The Dial,
26 May 2026
Verb
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The veil of past and present, for example, takes an abstract turn in Altar I, while Todos los santos (Para subir al Cielo) shows a cemetery with various cross-shaped tombstones, with a ladder leaning on a wall spectrally overlaid on the image.—
Maximilíano Durón,
ARTnews.com,
22 May 2026
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And there is little in the way of informational graphics to overlay on match footage, like fans regularly encounter in other major North American sports coverage.—
Ian Nicholas Quillen,
Forbes.com,
22 May 2026
Noun
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Common contaminants these systems address include sediment (dirt, sand, rust, silt), chlorine and chloramines, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), pesticides and herbicides, heavy metals (lead, mercury, copper), bacteria and unpleasant taste or odors.—
Ryan Brennan
May 26,
Miami Herald,
26 May 2026
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This soil type combines sand, silt, clay, and organic matter, offering the best qualities of each.—
Helena Madden,
Martha Stewart,
25 May 2026
Noun
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All the way back in 2007, the young Dawson’s Creek actor cut in a jaw-length bob with blunt bangs, and kept some variant of crop until the mid-10s.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
6 June 2026
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At scale, lower fertilizer use means lower yields of staple crops.—
John W.H. Denton AO,
Fortune,
6 June 2026
Noun
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In response to the application, the USACE said the project’s soil erosion and sediment control plan would require review by the Lake County Stormwater Management Commission.—
Joseph States,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2026
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Water receptacles across the facility were reported to be dirty, including a bowl shared by 15 goats, a turkey, seven chickens, a llama and a potbellied pig, which contained brownish-black sediment and thick green algae.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
4 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Shingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingle. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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