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Recent Examples of chute
Seconds later, the male employee walked up to the residents’ door and slid the mail into the mail chute.
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Most food processors work by feeding ingredients through a food chute into a bowl or canister that sits on top of a blade attachment.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Boston scored five runs right out the chute in the top of the first inning, with Rob Refsnyder breaking the ice with a two-run single with the bases loaded and Jarren Duran delivering a haymaker in the form of a towering three-run home run.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
There’s a shot of me on a bull in the Huntsville Prison Rodeo where the bull tries to get out of the chute by jumping over it.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Angel Saunders, People.com, 22 Aug. 2025
Most food processors work by feeding ingredients through a food chute into a bowl or canister that sits on top of a blade attachment.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 15 Aug. 2025
Boston scored five runs right out the chute in the top of the first inning, with Rob Refsnyder breaking the ice with a two-run single with the bases loaded and Jarren Duran delivering a haymaker in the form of a towering three-run home run.
—Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 5 Aug. 2025
There’s a shot of me on a bull in the Huntsville Prison Rodeo where the bull tries to get out of the chute by jumping over it.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for chute
Noun
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At a ceremony on Tuesday at the site in Guba, an Ethiopian fighter jet flew low over the mist from the dam’s white waters, which plunge 170 meters (558 feet).—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
9 Sep. 2025
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The resort's prime location in the Great Smoky Mountains puts countless outdoor adventures within easy reach, from hiking to white water rafting and fly fishing.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The 65-day shoot will film in brutalist architecture sites in Portugal, especially in Porto, Viana do Castelo, Coimbra and Lisbon, complemented by port scenes in Spain’s Cantabria region.—
Martin Dale,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
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Lexie Hull #10 of the Indiana Fever shoots from the three-point line during the second half against the Atlanta Dream in game two of the first round of WNBA Playoffs at Gainbridge Fieldhouse on September 16, 2025 in Indianapolis, Indiana.—
Kilty Cleary,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Sep. 2025
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Powerful water jets propel the inner tubes up flumes and around the park giving spectacular views of the ocean.—
Caroline Reid,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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While the long-popular attraction retains much of its ride infrastructure, including an elevator lift and flume design that allows for a steep, watery descent, Journey to Atlantis does have new elements, beginning with the queue itself.—
Lori Weisberg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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“Chute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chute. Accessed 20 Sep. 2025.
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