sills

Definition of sillsnext
plural of sill

Example Sentences

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Noun
  • According to the team, each isotope produces a distinct resonance pattern when exposed to neutron beams across different energy levels.
    Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 May 2026
  • Niall Horan beams on stage while performing at Radio 1's Big Weekend in Sunderland, England, on May 23.
    People Staff, PEOPLE, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • The Sunrise Rotary Club in Stillwater this weekend will be collecting mobility devices, such as crutches, walkers, braces and wheelchairs to send to people in need in Mexico.
    Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 1 June 2026
  • So good that Vianello, who has recovered from two dislocated knees, wasn’t wearing any braces.
    Michael Osipoff, Chicago Tribune, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • The hospital's remaining staffers got creative, making beds and crutches out of wood and using clothes instead of gauze for makeshift splints.
    ABC News, ABC News, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Breathability The best plantar fasciitis night splints are as breathable as possible to avoid excess sweating during the night.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • In the city center and on the outskirts, cars, bicycles and pedestrians weave around the trash piles.
    ABC News, ABC News, 4 June 2026
  • Garbage piles now choke nearly every Havana street corner, filling neighborhoods with stench, flies and rats as residents navigate improvised dumps outside homes, hospitals and busy thoroughfares.
    Andrea Rodríguez, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2026
Noun
  • For millennials specifically, those two outcomes represent the highest-stakes variables in retention.
    Jasmine Browley, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
  • Adapting to changing stakes College football changed at a glacial pace until 2010, when rounds of realignment disrupted the sport more than Playoff expansion ever could.
    Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Rodent holes, brush piles, firewood, timbers, dense undergrowth, and leaf piles can also attract wasps in search of a place to nest.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 May 2026
  • The timbers came from trees felled by Cyclone Pam, the Category 5 storm that flattened much of Vanuatu in 2015.
    Christopher Elliott, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
Noun
  • That pressure treated lumber cut like butter.
    Joe Kinsey OutKick, FOXNews.com, 1 June 2026
  • Some had hoses trained on piles of smoking debris while others lifted and moved lumber and other burned wreckage as if searching for people underneath.
    ABC News, ABC News, 28 May 2026
Noun
  • And if its entertaining social-media posts are any indication, the excitement has just begun.
    Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 2 June 2026
  • The statement came after multiple X posts over the weekend alleged that the film used generative AI.
    Corbin Bolies, Variety, 2 June 2026
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“Sills.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sills. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.

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