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Recent Examples of slab
In an earlier interview, Leili repeatedly denied guarding prisoners at Mauthausen, one of a cluster of work camps in Austria, notorious for a stone quarry where slave laborers spent 11-hour days hauling slabs of granite up a steep rock staircase.
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Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Its tiny hollow bones are embedded in a slab of limestone.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2025
Luxuriate with Calacatta Viola Marble Nothing says luxury quite like a slab of Calacatta Viola marble.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2025
But the hard slab of limestone around this specimen had also preserved a key layer of feathers called tertials that had never been documented before in Archaeopteryx.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
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Henry Leutwyler Robert Petkoff Emma Kehlbeck Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 20 May 2025
Its tiny hollow bones are embedded in a slab of limestone.
—Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 14 May 2025
Luxuriate with Calacatta Viola Marble Nothing says luxury quite like a slab of Calacatta Viola marble.
—Sophie Flaxman, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2025
But the hard slab of limestone around this specimen had also preserved a key layer of feathers called tertials that had never been documented before in Archaeopteryx.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slab
Noun
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But what makes this discovery at the Domus Aurea all the more remarkable is the whopping size of the Egyptian blue ingot in question, which weighs more than five pounds and measures six inches long.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
4 Feb. 2025
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In 2001, an 80-pound ingot was bought by a private collector for a record $8 million.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The next images that appear depict three sequential viewpoints, suggesting the frames of a film strip, of a baby’s crowning head.—
Jessica Simmons-Reid,
Artforum,
1 June 2025
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Do people have access to the basics – food, medical care and water – in the south of the strip?—
Sarah-Grace Mankarious,
CNN Money,
31 May 2025
Noun
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Packed in between curved wooden beams, translucent honeyed yellow square panels filter the weak sunlight into a more inviting summer afternoon hue.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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Let There Be Light – Students explored the properties of light: how a light bulb contains a rainbow of colors, what happens when a beam of laser light is trapped in water, and more.—
Larry D. Urish,
Oc Register,
3 June 2025
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That was when a player saw a live one in the locker room, then at the old Miami Arena, and took care of it with his stick.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
4 June 2025
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But a selfie stick is a great choice for those who want the perfect composition and framing.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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“Slab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slab. Accessed 12 Jun. 2025.
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