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Recent Examples of shingle
Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Yes, these studies have linked getting the shingles vaccine with lower dementia rates.
—New Atlas, 5 Apr. 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
Each home features Tesla solar roof shingles, Tesla Powerwall home battery systems, and electric vehicles (EV) chargers.
—Ross Rosenfeld, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Apr. 2025
Yes, these studies have linked getting the shingles vaccine with lower dementia rates.
—New Atlas, 5 Apr. 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
Noun
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Her blunt bob was styled with a side part and featured soft waves.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
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At the 2021 Met Gala, Steinfeld surprised fans by trading her usual brunette locks for a platinum bob and light eyebrows to match.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
9 May 2025
Verb
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Join 14 others in the comments View Comments Some of the new search capabilities overlap with those available in Google’s Gemini assistant, potentially causing confusion among consumers.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
20 May 2025
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Crossing paths again, Kelly and Boyd overlapped with the Detroit Tigers during the 2023 season.—
Patrick Mooney,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
Noun
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Is Trump a secret minimalist, driven to limit the detritus accruing in American houses?—
Kyle Chayka,
New Yorker,
9 May 2025
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These microbes metabolize unspent sugars in the mash and the yeast detritus.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The song overlays clips of Belly and Jeremiah cruising in the summer sun, kissing in the library, and slow dancing under purple lights.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Apr. 2025
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The floor-length frock was overlaid with a bewitching black and yellow patchwork print.—
Edward Segarra,
USA TODAY,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In Prospect, along the Ohio River, the owners of Captain’s Quarters Riverside Grille responded to the incursion of dirty river water by deliberately flooding the restaurant with fresh water, keeping most of the silt and debris out.—
Mary Gilbert,
CNN Money,
7 Apr. 2025
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The fossil was located on Soom Shale, a band of silts and clays about 250 miles north of Cape Town, South Africa.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That puts fertilizer makers—especially domestic fertilizer makers like CF—in a great spot, as their products boost crop yields.—
Brett Owens,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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Around 1,125 to 1,200 years ago, pollen from crops such as maize and opportunistic herbs surged, at the same time tree pollen dropped, reflecting widespread deforestation.—
Francisca Oboh Ikuenobe,
The Conversation,
20 May 2025
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Sometimes, Tarhan explained, women will flip the cups over and try and try to decipher the meaning left behind by the coffee sediment — kind of like reading your fortune in tea leaves.—
Samantha Husted,
Charlotte Observer,
12 May 2025
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Cable bacteria are found in marine and freshwater sediments and, unusually among bacteria, are electrically conductive.—
Ritsuko Kawai,
Wired News,
5 May 2025
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“Shingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingle. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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