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of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color
the cheese maker told us that the best Parmesan cheeses are straw, not white, in color
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Recent Examples of straw
Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
Shop Bardo Unlike most hotel gift shops, Bardo’s is more of a boutique with items like bespoke fragrances, jewelry, and handmade straw hats.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Lucky Benson, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
The nation's largest auto finance company has dropped its lawsuit against auto dealer Russ Darrow over loans to what turned out to be straw buyers of luxury vehicles destined for China via a con man's business.
—Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2018
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Noun
The Stanley boot and straw cover set is only $10 and will go a long way in protecting your Stanley's longevity.
—Chaunie Brusie, Rn, Parents, 12 Mar. 2025
Shop Bardo Unlike most hotel gift shops, Bardo’s is more of a boutique with items like bespoke fragrances, jewelry, and handmade straw hats.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2025
Adjective
Inside the building’s stucco walls are straw bales, a material championed for its sustainability by Harrison and the artistic community who built the house.
—Lucky Benson, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
The nation's largest auto finance company has dropped its lawsuit against auto dealer Russ Darrow over loans to what turned out to be straw buyers of luxury vehicles destined for China via a con man's business.
—Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straw
Adjective
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As for her glam, Rosé’s blond hair was styled in a loose look, slightly pulled back with a few wisps to frame her face.—
Julia Teti,
WWD,
12 Mar. 2025
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Andreeva’s curly blond hair was slicked back into a braid, and sweat dotted her teal outfit.—
Louisa Thomas,
The New Yorker,
9 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Video from the scene shows thick black and orange smoke billowing from the three boats as the fire intensified.—
Muri Assunção,
New York Daily News,
7 Mar. 2025
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An image that local media outlets said captured the aftermath of the explosions showed thick smoke billowing into the air in a rural area.—
Yoonjung Seo,
CNN,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Three men stormed in with flashlights, going from bunk to bunk.—
Graydon Carter,
The Atlantic,
14 Mar. 2025
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Photo : Dallas and Harris Photography The bunk room.—
Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
5 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Then there are also so many quintessential pop hits and Top 40 songs that blow it through the roof.—
Liza Lentini,
SPIN,
27 Dec. 2024
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While 143—now titled 1432—and the several singles that were spun off of the project are nowhere to be found on the charts in the United Kingdom at the moment, Perry does appear on multiple rankings in the country that focus only on popular songs.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Describing the plot as utter nonsense would both be 100 percent correct and likely taken as a massive compliment for all involved.—
Christian Zilko,
IndieWire,
7 Mar. 2025
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For Guy, using systems like Kibbe’s to guide your dress choices can mean making nonsense out of your clothes’ cultural grammar, especially in the rigidly codified world of menswear.—
Constance Grady,
Vox,
6 Mar. 2025
Noun
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That's much higher than with other infectious diseases, such as Ebola with an R naught of 2.—
Alyson Hurt,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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But these will come to naught unless the government can see them clearly—and find the strength to take advantage of them.—
Robert M. Danin,
Foreign Affairs,
8 June 2016
Noun
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The infant’s body was found in a car seat behind a trash bin in the city of Bellflower, according to previous Bee reporting.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacramento Bee,
13 Mar. 2025
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The El Gigante rock shelter itself is more than 120 feet wide and 55 feet deep, and contains trash piles left by its former residents that span the last 11,000 years.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes,
13 Mar. 2025
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Third, despite Trump’s claptrap, plenty of fresh delta water is being pumped south to fill fire hydrants and the tanks of firefighting aircraft.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Many Red Sox fans have had it up to here with that building-for-the-future claptrap, so much so that expectations were scary low coming into the 2024 season.—
Steve Buckley,
The Athletic,
31 July 2024
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“Straw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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