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Recent Examples of chimney stack
Hedwig, blinkered by the bounty of her domestic environs, seemingly ignores the infernal light and smoke from nearby chimney stacks, and otherwise blocks out the machinery of mass death: the barking of guard dogs, the rumbling of crematoria, the crack of pistols, the screams of prisoners.
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Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chimney stack
Noun
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After white smoke came out of the Sistine Chapel chimney in Vatican City to signal a new pope had been selected, All Saints Parish offered a devotional practice.—
Jessi Virtusio,
Chicago Tribune,
13 May 2025
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White smoke billows from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel on Thursday.—
Katie Primm,
NBC news,
9 May 2025
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The four-story house was built into a hillside and featured concrete walls, gabled tile roofs, balustrade terraces, arched portico and a chimney with six flues, the city of Capitola wrote in an application seeking to include the building on the National Register of Historic Places.—
Hannah Poukish,
Sacbee.com,
14 May 2025
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If using a fireplace, make sure the chimney flue is open and stay awake while the fire is burning.—
Dr. Mishal Reja,
ABC News,
3 Apr. 2025
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Many people have their phones pointed at the smokestack, already recording, eager to capture a moment in history.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
7 May 2025
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Traditional Tibetan motifs of clouds and waves are here peppered with industrial spills and smokestacks.—
Holland Cotter,
New York Times,
26 Dec. 2024
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Pay attention to where the kitchen and bathrooms are, too—water supply and waste pipes for the second floor are often found in walls on the first floor, below sinks, tubs, or showers.—
Kevin Cortez,
Popular Mechanics,
25 May 2023
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Cathcart is referring to the plumbing that the vanity's sink and faucet connect to—the water lines and waste pipe connect to the underside of the sink via the bendy P-trap pipe.—
Kristina McGuirk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
25 Apr. 2023
Noun
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Mastercard runs quantum-threat drills inside its Cybersecurity Fusion Centers and has already swapped post-quantum algorithms into some internal message pipes.—
Zennon Kapron,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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Tasks included repairing barbed wire fences, castrating animals and laying irrigation pipes, the suit alleges.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
12 June 2025
Noun
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Purchase includes a glass testing tube as well as a bottle brush.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
13 June 2025
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Portable air conditioner: These units will also have a tube for the exhaust that can run through any opening in your tent.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
12 June 2025
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In 2022, archaeologists rediscovered a narrow duct leading to a small ritual chamber 8 meters deep beneath one of the site’s temple buildings.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
5 May 2025
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In 90% of fetuses, these ducts fuse to form one central pancreatic duct.—
Jonathan B. Jassey,
Verywell Health,
18 Apr. 2025
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In the late 2000s, both Ross’ crew and Cash Money were in Miami recording at Hit Factory, with Khaled serving as the conduit between them, passing tracks back and forth.—
Pitchfork,
Pitchfork,
6 June 2025
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Last month, a Los Angeles judge ruled that Sony was no longer obligated to provide episodes to CBS, which has served for decades as the conduit, delivering batches of episodes to television stations around the country.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2025
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“Chimney stack.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimney%20stack. Accessed 17 Jun. 2025.
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