stave

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Recent Examples of stave 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 Of about 2,000 original stave churches, only 28 survive. Jess Fleming, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2025 While the process of adding staves to a bourbon barrel during maturation isn't unheard of — Maker's Mark does it with its Wood Finishing Series — the choice of wood staves used in the 1886 Select collection is different. 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
  • Work up an appetite on the slopes, or take a sleigh ride that ends with hot apple cider at Taylor Farm, before hitting up the Mexican tacos at Taqueria El Chepe or visit Solo Farm & Table to enjoy a seasonal menu within an airy space with wide plank floors and wooden beams.
    Megan Margulies, Travel + Leisure, 24 Oct. 2025
  • 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.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Looking through sketchbooks of Kaish’s time at MacDowell, Fisher found many drawings of the flowers and birch trees that would have surrounded her.
    Grace Edquist, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
  • The display features a larger-than-life horse sculpture trotting through birch trees created from piano keys.
    Jean E. Palmieri, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Removing the roof required a fair amount of engineering to ensure torsional rigidity, including strengthening the door sills, A-pillars, and adding cross-body braces.
    Sean Evans, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Few dentists remain open in Gaza, and the materials for braces are scarce.
    Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The easiest way to do this is to assess whether your kitchen cabinets are warm (with red, yellow, or orange undertones), like cherry, oak, hickory, and pine; or cool (with gray undertones), like white oak, ash, maple, or birch cabinetry.
    Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Oct. 2025
  • There are many wood chip flavors on the market, but the most popular varieties are apple, cherry, hickory, mesquite and pecan.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The rectangular homes often contained courtyards or fronting gardens; window boxes hung below wood-frame windows.
    JSTOR Daily, JSTOR Daily, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Designers are now pairing it with modern finishes, such as matte metals and woods, as well as maximalist palettes, which express its more stylish and adaptable side.
    Lauren Bengtson, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Oct. 2025
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 hurricane violently pulled the tents from their stakes.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Penta went one-on-one with Rusev with a shot at Dominik Mysterio's WWE Intercontinental Championship at stake.
    Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Patrick Murphy, the founder and CEO, likens the switch to going from a manual screwdriver to a power drill.
    Jon Stojan, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Corn syrup is a common and cheap sweetener, which is why Coca-Cola made the switch many years ago.
    Jordan Valinsky, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2025

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“Stave.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stave. Accessed 28 Oct. 2025.

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