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Recent Examples of shingle
Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Harrison Ford drops out as presenter at 2025 Oscars after shingles diagnosis (exclusive)
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—EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
Place a small spoonful of the sunflower-miso puree in the center of a plate and shingle the zucchini over the top.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 21 May 2024
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Noun
Statham will produce through his Punch Palace Productions shingle, along with Chris Long via his Long Shot Productions.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Feb. 2025
Harrison Ford drops out as presenter at 2025 Oscars after shingles diagnosis (exclusive)
Want more movie news?
—EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
Verb
Built in the 1950s, the wood shingled house was more of a summer cottage than a year-round residence.
—Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
Place a small spoonful of the sunflower-miso puree in the center of a plate and shingle the zucchini over the top.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 21 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shingle
Noun
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While Vigna La Delizia enjoys south-east exposure and has soils rich in calcareous marl and clay, Vigna La Villa faces due east and features silt, sand, and clay soils.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
4 Mar. 2025
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The region’s soil mixture of marl, clayey limestone, marine sandstone, and rough clay draws out Glera’s creamy texture and fresh peach notes, the wine’s signature aromatic characteristic.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes,
30 Nov. 2024
Noun
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And after West Side Story and Shazam, Zegler and her bob are probably wishing on that well for a movie with a non-problematic co-star.—
Tom Smyth,
Vulture,
14 Mar. 2025
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As for her glam, Fox’s hair was styled in a short bob with an icy blond look; a few wisps of hair framed her face.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Most of Spillane's strengths overlap with current inside linebacker Ja'Whaun Bentley, who's slow-footed compared to his new teammate but otherwise impacts the game in similar ways.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
10 Mar. 2025
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The rationale for moving on from both programs is similar: Microsoft has newer technology with overlapping—and better—functionality.—
Emily Forlini,
PCMAG,
7 Mar. 2025
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Collectively, these tales form a sort of jigsaw puzzle, in which the minor character from one episode becomes the primary focus of the next or a plot-driving prop resurfaces later as background detritus.—
Angie Han,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Feb. 2025
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The debris caused flight disruptions, and one piece of detritus struck a vehicle on the island of South Caicos, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.—
Jackie Wattles,
CNN,
28 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The computer system reads photographs of clay cuneiform tablets, then adjusts by computationally overlaying the images atop ones with similar features, and whose meaning is known.—
Paul Smaglik,
Discover Magazine,
5 Mar. 2025
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Garments that didn’t rely on magnificent silhouettes were instead detailed in ornate beading, lined with feathers or overlaid with layers of lace.—
Elizabeth Grace Coyne,
Forbes,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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While Vigna La Delizia enjoys south-east exposure and has soils rich in calcareous marl and clay, Vigna La Villa faces due east and features silt, sand, and clay soils.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
4 Mar. 2025
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Sun Exposure: Full sun, partial shade Soil Type: Clay, loam, silt, well-draining Soil pH: Acid to neutral (<6.0-7.5) 09 of 11 Hellebores Commonly known as Lenten roses, hellebores are the perfect selection for March blooms.—
Mary Marlowe Leverette,
Southern Living,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Choosing crops from a populated sidebar would be quicker.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Mar. 2025
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In a piece published Friday, MLB.com's Jim Callis made a series of predictions about the current crop of top 100 prospects.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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In calmer areas areas, particularly where there is lots of sediment suspended in the water (such as within the Humber estuary and parts of the Wash), there may be potential for contaminants to adhere to fine particles in suspension and subsequently sink to the seabed.—
Lauren Lowman,
WIRED,
15 Mar. 2025
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This sediment is why most large rivers look brown most of the time (see photo below).—
Jeff Opperman,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Shingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingle. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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