flute

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Recent Examples of flute The Perpetual 1908 is housed in a 39mm yellow gold case with a domed and fluted bezel. Renan Botelho, Footwear News, 1 Apr. 2025 In 75 minutes – in fluting, soaring voices, to music by Jan Ekedahl – 35 singers carry us to Stockholm and back. Maggie Lewis Thomas, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2024 The points were fluted and came in various sizes, often used on projectiles like spears. Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover Magazine, 29 Oct. 2024 Highlights of the home include a fireside grand salon, an art gallery that doubles as a safe room, and a movie theater festooned with black marble fluted pilasters and red velvet seats. Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for flute
Recent Examples of Synonyms for flute
Verb
  • Its water-resistant surface, beveled edges for enhanced safety, and non-slip rubber backing helped keep it stable.
    Toni Sutton, People.com, 3 June 2025
  • The date window is beveled and machined directly into the solid meteorite, rather than applied to a brass baseplate as is common with most stone dials.
    Matthew Catellier, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Representatives of the property management company milled a block away holding drills.
    Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
  • Everything is freshly made and ingredients impeccably sourced; the wheat for the noodles is even grown and milled right outside the city.
    Eleanor Aldridge, AFAR Media, 30 May 2025
Verb
  • May 20, 2025 An emergency motion for that temporary furlough was filed Tuesday in federal court, and documents were obtained and reviewed by The Times.
    Christie D’Zurilla, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
  • Sentencing papers filed Thursday show Jaydin Davinci Alford pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, reduced from first-degree murder, in exchange for the sentence imposed by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Melanie Martin.
    John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 13 June 2025
Verb
  • Planning laws also resulted in the north and east faces of the tower being chamfered, presumably to ensure views and sunlight weren't blocked in key areas.
    Adam Williams, New Atlas, 16 Apr. 2025
  • The body of the A6 looks as solid as a block of granite that's been chiseled and chamfered to knock off the sharp edges.
    Fred M.H. Gregory, Car and Driver, 12 July 2023
Verb
  • Gardner was grazed in the head and shot in the leg, per police.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 May 2025
  • The earliest sloths were large and grazed on the ground.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 22 May 2025

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“Flute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/flute. Accessed 19 Jun. 2025.

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