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Recent Examples of shingle
Noun
Some enterprising software developers are hanging out a shingle offering their services as a cleanup specialist. Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025 That’s why architect Catherine Sloan chose wood lap siding (swathed in Benjamin Moore’s Swiss Coffee, OC-45), a cedar-shingle roof, and wood windows. Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 14 Sep. 2025
Verb
It is housed in the historic Captain Pollard House, a federal-style shingled home. Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 23 May 2025 Finally, the researchers note that shingles diagnosis and treatment didn't increase the probability of dementia diagnoses. John Timmer, ArsTechnica, 3 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for shingle
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shingle
Noun
  • The Bear star wore her hair in a wavy bob.
    Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Halle Berry and Sabrina Elba both opted for shaggy brown haircuts; the former, a highlighted bob, and the latter, a mid-length single-tone with textured bangs.
    Essence, Essence, 29 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • An overlapping full-back who can whip over a hell of a cross.
    Tim Spiers, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • Some of the commandments overlap with criminal law, such as prohibitions on murder and theft, but others do not.
    Jessie Balmert, Cincinnati Enquirer, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • No writing room can be pristine, but the detritus must not outweigh the buzzing, trembling atmosphere of solemn, serious work.
    Katie da Cunha Lewin September 26, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Any kind of hard material attracts fauna in water, says Andrey Vedenin, a marine biologist at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Germany, who was not involved in the Mallows Bay study but co-authored a separate new paper that detailed wildlife thriving on war detritus in the Baltic Sea.
    Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Typically, these formations have porous rock layers overlaid by impermeable rock that blocks upward movement.
    Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2025
  • Podlesí is notorious for its boring atmosphere, overlaying everything like a thick blanket.
    Zuzana Říhová, Literary Hub, 26 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Because of the weir, the 220-acre lagoon can’t flow freely to the ocean and is slowly filling with silt and reeds.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
  • When high tides arrive, water brings silt into the bay.
    Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • KeyBanc downgraded Corteva to hold from buy after the provider of seed and crop protection announced plans to split into two companies.
    Jim Cramer, CNBC, 3 Oct. 2025
  • This Southern crop is available all fall to enjoy in countless recipes.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By leaving roots in place, the landscape may remain more stable, helping reduce sediment runoff into creeks and wetlands.
    Jon Stojan, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
  • When work is happening, enough sediment is stirred up that water can run discolored for about 24 hours after the process has been completed until the muck all settles out.
    Karl Schneider, IndyStar, 6 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In day care, dogs are introduced to a range of new experiences while also learning positive behaviors such as sitting calmly for a nail trim, greeting other dogs politely, or coming when called.
    Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The first of these is the 2002 Turbo (expected to sell for between $115,000 to $165,000), a potent two-door that helped BMW realize there was customer interest in higher-trim performance models.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2025

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“Shingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingle. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.

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