stave

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Recent Examples of stave This is a process used by other brands, with perhaps the most notable example being Maker’s Mark 46, that involves submerging wood staves into the whiskey to impart new flavors. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Aug. 2025 Meanwhile, intricate stave churches—carved with dragons and saints—rise like solemn guardians of tradition amid pine forests and mountain mist. Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Each stave type made a noticeable impression on the bourbon in its barrel. Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 14 July 2025 Le Stave Finish denotes whiskeys finished with French oak staves. Joseph V Micallef, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024 See All Example Sentences for stave
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Noun
  • Make your vehicle visible to others both ahead of you and behind you by using your low-beam headlights since this means your taillights will also be on.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Using low-beam headlights, which also activate your taillights.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Brick columns reference the original façade, maintaining visual continuity, while a mature birch tree was preserved and included in the foundation design.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Species linked to birch forests, including lichens and fungi, showed notable drops.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 18 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Dumbbell Shoulder Press Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, and brace your core and squeeze your butt.
    Greg Presto, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Pam takes a seat in a blue-and-chrome chair and looks at Bella as a tiny girl on the beach and Bella in her choir robe and Bella smiling with braces on her teeth.
    Allegra Goodman, New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Try Palm Bay’s version at Memaw’s Bar-B-Que, where the meats are cooked for hours over a hickory and oak hardwood firepit.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 15 Dec. 2025
  • When burned, the wood produces a rich, aromatic smoke due to high lignin levels, which imparts a more intense flavor than oak or hickory, with earthy cumin undertones and a mild sweetness.
    Von Diaz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 11 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Woody plants that bloom on old wood should not be cut back in the fall.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2026
  • Snag it in black, white, green, blue, or maple or walnut wood stains in sizes ranging from 4 by 4 inches to 8 by 10 inches.
    Rachel Trujillo, PEOPLE, 11 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Made from weather-resistant rattan, this set can stand up to most weather.
    Christopher Murray may earn a commission if you buy through our referral links. This content was created by a team that works independently from the Fox newsroom., FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2025
  • Bread baskets and faux bamboo flatware also complement rattan.
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 July 2025
Noun
  • The memorandum of agreement for the ECHL’s new deal, obtained by The Athletic, highlights just how relatively small the financial stakes were.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Global, which calls itself the UK and Europe’s largest radio company and is behind the popular News Agents podcast, has taken a majority stake in The Overlap and the new outfit will be co-chaired by Neville and Global Group CEO Simon Pitts, with Scott Melvin as lead Executive Director.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 6 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • One man asked for a switch of signs.
    Asra Q. Nomani , Nikolas Lanum , Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Ball quickly sprinted to the scorer’s table and checked in to applause from the crowd, likely unaware of the switch with the starting lineup.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 9 Jan. 2026

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“Stave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stave. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.

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