miter

variants or mitre

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Recent Examples of miter This stand can hold up to 400 pounds, which is plenty for a miter saw. Matt Jancer, WIRED, 25 Apr. 2024 Air bubblers on the miter gates can clear debris and ice. Erin Couch, The Enquirer, 19 Jan. 2024 Step 2: Make Legs and Sand Cut one end of each leg at a 27-degree angle using a miter saw. Hannah Bruneman, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023 That’s dangerous—the board can kick back—so use a miter gauge to chop the pieces to length. Paul Steiner, Popular Mechanics, 24 Mar. 2023 See all Example Sentences for miter 
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Noun
  • Instead of the usual thousands, only 10 guests per cardinal were allowed in St. Peter's Basilica as the pope gave the men their ring and traditional red hat, known as a biretta.
    NBC News, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2020
  • Cardinals from Brunei and the Philippines could not travel and will receive their ring and biretta from a papal delegate.
    NBC News, NBC News, 28 Nov. 2020
Noun
  • The moment an unwitting Labrador tried to enter his owner's car through the hood rather than the open door at the back has gone viral, leading to jokes about the breed's IQ.
    Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
  • The gown’s neckline transitioned into a hood that Sánchez delicately placed on her head to show off her new honey-blonde highlights.
    Charna Flam, People.com, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In addition to his priestly robes, Pohlmeier wore a violet zucchetto, or skull cap, and a golden pectoral cross.
    Frank E. Lockwood, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2022
  • After a couple of minutes, he was given his own zucchetto, and left the stage, to applause.
    Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2021
Noun
  • Couldn’t imagine the owner of San Francisco Forbes Travel Guide Five-Star restaurant Atelier Crenn and one of the most respected toques in the world doing anything less, right?
    DeMarco Williams, Forbes, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Stan Michalski is the top toque in the Victorian house kitchen.
    Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 5 Aug. 2024
Noun
  • But whereas conspicuous religious symbols of all faiths (including Jewish yarmulkes, Sikh turbans, or large crosses) are banned in all French public schools, in Belgium, rules are defined at the local level.
    Olivier Decottignies, Foreign Affairs, 12 Apr. 2016
  • Rather than sweeping robes and turbans, Scherzinger spends most of the play barefoot, wearing a simple black slip.
    Barbara Schuler, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The model naps on a couch while clad in a skullcap and undershirt, scratching his back as his trousers fall below his waist.
    M. Z. Adnan, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Chicago police said Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, is accused of shooting an unidentified 39-year-old man who was wearing a kippah, the Jewish skullcap, on Saturday, the Jewish sabbath, in the city's Rogers Park district.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 29 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The conical pile of locks were inspired by the silhouette of fez and pillbox hats beloved by Jackie Onassis and fixed into place using a mixture of pins and copious hairspray.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Atay was born in 1934, near the Black Sea port town of İnebolu—the city where Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of the Republic, had donned a jaunty Panama hat to give a speech decrying the barbarism of the fez and other Ottoman fashions.
    Merve Emre, The New Yorker, 8 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • The body is entirely made of carbon fiber, and sports eccentric elements like a bonnet with air vents, a front splitter that resembles a sharp katana, and quirky wheel arches.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 5 Jan. 2025
  • Reduce damage-causing friction at night by pulling hair into a loose ponytail on top of the head and/or using satin or silk bonnets or pillowcases.11 Your Diet Can Also Boost Hair Health Like the rest of your body, eating a variety of nutritious food helps support hair health.
    Heather Jones, Verywell Health, 4 Jan. 2025

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