Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for selvages
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To better break through modern wilderness frontiers, Bowlus' newest offering gets upgraded with the 3-in lift, all-terrain tires, spare tire mount and interior lashing system of the Adventure Package.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
6 Feb. 2026 -
The streaming service, free and ad-supported, was called CBSN and sparked a broader movement by TV-news divisions to expand into broadband frontiers.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
3 Feb. 2026
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Israeli intelligence expert Sima Shein has warned that negotiations narrowly focused on nuclear restrictions could leave Israel exposed.—
Efrat Lachter,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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While neighboring Broward County's water levels are not as low, and no restrictions have been issued there, the outlook remains concerning for Miami-Dade.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
10 Feb. 2026
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Follow jaguars through the borderlands in new documentary Thanks for reading and for subscribing to AZ Climate, the Arizona Republic's weekly environment newsletter.—
Shaun McKinnon,
AZCentral.com,
19 Jan. 2026
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And there are whole swaths of the country where voting will not take place, as the junta continues to battle a patchwork of ethnic rebels and pro-democracy fighters in the hilly borderlands and arid central plains.—
Ross Adkin,
CNN Money,
27 Dec. 2025
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For example, setback limitations for wind energy conversion facilities cannot be more than three times the total height of the wind turbine between the turbine location and an abutting dwelling.—
Cami Koons,
Iowa Capital Dispatch,
13 Feb. 2026
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Until earlier this week, limitations with Guthrie's doorbell camera meant law enforcement had difficulty putting together an image of a person related to the crime.—
Alana Wise,
NPR,
13 Feb. 2026
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Gripped by a worsening economic crisis, Cuba’s government recently adopted rationing measures to protect essential services and ration fuel supplies for key sectors.—
Sam Meredith,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
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That extraordinary rise has brought some to take extraordinary measures.—
Matt Sedensky,
Los Angeles Times,
14 Feb. 2026
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Additional states including Florida, Kansas, Indiana, Maryland, Utah, Illinois, and New York, have considered (to differing extents) the idea of updating their maps, Reuters reported.—
Ramon Padilla,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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The characters are all based, to different extents, on real people.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Oct. 2025
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Only 15 new all-time record low temperature records were set, for either daily maximums or minimums, according to available preliminary NOAA data.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
7 Feb. 2026
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Before the website’s launch, experts told STAT that cash prices are generally higher than what patients pay through their health insurance, and noted that none of the spending on these purchases contributes to deductibles or out-of-pocket maximums.—
John Wilkerson,
STAT,
6 Feb. 2026
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The legislation also requires NIH to report monthly to Congress about grant awards, terminations and cancellations so Congress can better track its spending.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
4 Feb. 2026
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Since these terminations are already happening at the National Institutes of Health and elsewhere, new policies, protocols, and contingency plans need to immediately be put into place, and best practices shared across institutions to protect our science.—
David Seal,
STAT,
3 Feb. 2026
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“Selvages.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/selvages. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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