Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sills
Noun
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The fire is spotting ahead of itself in mulch piles and making runs across levees that are in place.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Mar. 2025 -
Now, there are piles of them back at the house.—
Jared Weiss,
The Athletic,
25 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Many were killed instantly by the explosion, fire, falling timbers, shrapnel and searing steam from the boilers, and many by drowning.—
arkansasonline.com,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Dec. 2024
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From across France, itinerant glassblowers, masons and carpenters — hewers, who squared the timbers, joiners, who fit beams together — converged on Paris.—
Michael Kimmelman,
New York Times,
6 Dec. 2024
Noun
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For example, Canadian lumber could see a 250% import tariff, products from the EU may be taxed an additional 20 to 50% on their journey across the pond, goods from Vietnam could see a 46% tariff, Bangladesh 37%, South Africa 31%, India 27%, and Japan 24%.—
Danine Alati,
Architectural Digest,
4 June 2025
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The cause isn’t tariffs on Canadian steel and lumber, at least not yet.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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“Sills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sills. Accessed 14 Jun. 2025.
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