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Recent Examples of chute
Both races started from the chute on the turf course.
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Damarell — who logged more than 500 successful jumps in her career— intentionally failed to deploy her main parachute and disabled her automatic activation device, which would have released a backup chute at a certain altitude and speed if a skydiver was unable to do so, the Guardian reported.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Seconds later, the male employee walked up to the residents’ door and slid the mail into the mail chute.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Most food processors work by feeding ingredients through a food chute into a bowl or canister that sits on top of a blade attachment.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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Bill Center, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Sep. 2025
Damarell — who logged more than 500 successful jumps in her career— intentionally failed to deploy her main parachute and disabled her automatic activation device, which would have released a backup chute at a certain altitude and speed if a skydiver was unable to do so, the Guardian reported.
—Bonny Chu, FOXNews.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Seconds later, the male employee walked up to the residents’ door and slid the mail into the mail chute.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Most food processors work by feeding ingredients through a food chute into a bowl or canister that sits on top of a blade attachment.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chute
Noun
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For the adventurous, there’s white water rafting on the Tenorio River or birdwatching in the cloud forests.—
Ronny Maye,
Essence,
22 Sep. 2025
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At a ceremony on Tuesday at the site in Guba, an Ethiopian fighter jet flew low over the mist from the dam’s white waters, which plunge 170 meters (558 feet).—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Armani stayed seamlessly on topic, but at the same time aimed to stage-direct the shoot to avoid looking washed out against the bright sunlight.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Cut off all vertical shoots or water sprouts on your citrus and avocado trees.—
Joshua Siskin,
Oc Register,
26 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The wood was sent down the 54-mile Sanger flume to get to a railroad.—
Kurt Snibbe,
Oc Register,
20 Sep. 2025
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Powerful water jets propel the inner tubes up flumes and around the park giving spectacular views of the ocean.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Chute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chute. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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