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Recent Examples of steamer
Unlike a traditional steamer, the Quuejenl steamer also has a dry function that performs tasks where an iron may be better suited, like creating delicate pleats or pressing shirt collars.
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Maggie Horton, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Bossel suggests using a steamer to blast seams, crevices, and furniture legs with sustained heat—10 to 30 seconds per section.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2025
The businessman, who at the time operated a restaurant in a three-story Mississippi-style paddle steamer on Sentosa island, dreamed of turning the ship into a venture that could benefit Christian charitable causes.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
The 12 pieces include 1½- and 3-quart saucepans with lids, 8- and 10-inch skillets, a 3½-quart saute pan with a lid, an 8-quart stockpot with a lid and a steamer insert with lid.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
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Maggie Horton, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Bossel suggests using a steamer to blast seams, crevices, and furniture legs with sustained heat—10 to 30 seconds per section.
—Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Aug. 2025
The businessman, who at the time operated a restaurant in a three-story Mississippi-style paddle steamer on Sentosa island, dreamed of turning the ship into a venture that could benefit Christian charitable causes.
—Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
The 12 pieces include 1½- and 3-quart saucepans with lids, 8- and 10-inch skillets, a 3½-quart saute pan with a lid, an 8-quart stockpot with a lid and a steamer insert with lid.
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamer
Noun
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The 410-foot-long, 72-year-old ship offers the largest cross-lake passenger service on the Great Lakes and an authentic steamship experience, its website says.—
Jalen Williams,
Freep.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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So Gabriela and her companion set off on a steamship headed to Altamira.—
Mia Sosa,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Anemoi revealed that the sails were transported by barge and lifted directly onto the deck.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
1 Oct. 2025
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In Abu Dhabi’s Yas Marina, another company is marketing a 31-room floating hotel — resembling a converted barge — with stays from $270 a night.—
Mohammed Sergie,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Running a day late, Northrop Grumman's Cygnus XL cargo freighter pulled alongside the International Space Station on Thursday, delivering more than 5 tons of supplies and experiments to the lab's seven-person crew.—
Scharon Harding,
ArsTechnica,
18 Sep. 2025
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The Cygnus team overcame that problem, however, and got the freighter on track for a one-day-late rendezvous.—
Mike Wall,
Space.com,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The ferryboat was on the go all day long, covering more miles in a day than the barge would cover in a century.—
Eric DuVall,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Sep. 2025
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One foggy morning this spring, a ferryboat traversed the choppy waters between lower Manhattan and Governors Island.—
Adam Iscoe,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Guess where most cord cutters and cord nevers are flocking instead for their broadcast and cable fix?—
Tony Maglio,
HollywoodReporter,
3 Oct. 2025
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Two weeks ago, Ramírez clobbered a cutter from Troy Melton for a go-ahead home run to complete a sweep in Detroit.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
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My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England.—
Mike O’Brien,
The New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2023
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Now her cascading platinum locks, which were as synonymous with Anderson’s look as her trademark smoky eyes and lip-liner, are a thing of the past.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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The pigment is creamy, lasts forever, and compliments an eye-liner wing or moody eye shadow.—
Grace McCarty,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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The mission architecture included OOR, consisting of multiple tanker vehicles launched to service a refueling depot in LEO.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Sep. 2025
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Other agencies would also be involved in trying to determine whether the company that owned the tanker had complied with regulations.—
Rocío Muñoz-Ledo,
CNN Money,
11 Sep. 2025
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“Steamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamer. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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