smokestack

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Recent Examples of smokestack The two-week restoration project aims to repair and renovate the deck, masts, tubs and smokestacks. Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2025 To comply, industries installed scrubbers to remove pollutants at the smokestack rather than releasing them into the air. Aubrey Hillman, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2025 But Clifton is one of many Louisville neighborhoods where homes sit in the shadow of smokestacks and heavy industry. Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025 In 2020, Hilco Redevelopment Partners botched the demolition of an old coal plant’s smokestack, blanketing Little Village homes with dust and debris. Brian J. Rogal, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for smokestack
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smokestack
Noun
  • The image shows that the property has nearly been engulfed by the ground below, while steam appeared from its chimney.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The ashes from the crematorium chimney covered the streets, sooted the rain, dirtied the snow, damaged the crops, infected every body.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Ignoring more complex science leaves us with hundreds of years of neurologic damage to our children by leaving lead pipe in the ground.
    DP Opinion, Denver Post, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Once the pump switches on, the water should drain quickly through the discharge pipe.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While a standout tile can impress, Lambert says that the easiest entry point to this trend is paint.
    Quincy Bulin, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Atomic-6 has made that vision a reality with its Space Armor tile, thanks to a combination of product design and composite skills.
    Leonard David, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • An inspection also calls attention safety issues that require repairs, like cracks, a deteriorating liner, or problems with the flue or chimney cap.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But the couple didn’t buy for the archaeological finds, which also showed up behind fireplace flues.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Oct. 2025

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“Smokestack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smokestack. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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