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a tall vertical structure (as on a factory, ship, etc.) for carrying smoke away
The skyline of the old factory town is dotted with smokestacks.
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Recent Examples of smokestacks
If that process were adapted to store CO2 in the earth forever, then billions of tons of carbon emissions could, in theory, be captured from smokestacks and buried.
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Maddie Stone,
ProPublica,
25 June 2026
Thick, black smoke and occasional flames spewed from the Moscow Oil Refinery amid its red-and-white smokestacks on the southeastern edge of the city, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Kremlin.
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Barry Hatton,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
These modular reactors can eventually be connected directly to active factory smokestacks and local agricultural biorefineries.
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Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
These are the ports, pipelines, and oil refineries of Shandong province and its borderlands, where the hulking architecture of oil storage tanks and spindly profiles of smokestacks jut up from barren, coastal flatlands.
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Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
The ship’s six-story smokestacks have already been removed and are expected to serve as the museum’s centerpiece.
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Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
When flaring occurs, passersby can see flames coming from smokestacks.
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Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
Schahfer’s smokestacks had been a familiar backdrop among northern Indiana’s fields since it was built in the 1970s.
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Matthew Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
But environmental groups say reduced regulation simply externalizes the costs to the public ― and that the people who live in the shadow of power plant smokestacks, in particular, pay the price.
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Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
20 Feb. 2026
Maddie Stone,
ProPublica,
25 June 2026
Thick, black smoke and occasional flames spewed from the Moscow Oil Refinery amid its red-and-white smokestacks on the southeastern edge of the city, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Kremlin.
—
Barry Hatton,
Chicago Tribune,
18 June 2026
These modular reactors can eventually be connected directly to active factory smokestacks and local agricultural biorefineries.
—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
12 June 2026
These are the ports, pipelines, and oil refineries of Shandong province and its borderlands, where the hulking architecture of oil storage tanks and spindly profiles of smokestacks jut up from barren, coastal flatlands.
—
Simone McCarthy,
CNN Money,
12 May 2026
The ship’s six-story smokestacks have already been removed and are expected to serve as the museum’s centerpiece.
—
Erin Gifford,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
When flaring occurs, passersby can see flames coming from smokestacks.
—
Noelle Phillips,
Denver Post,
15 Apr. 2026
Schahfer’s smokestacks had been a familiar backdrop among northern Indiana’s fields since it was built in the 1970s.
—
Matthew Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
But environmental groups say reduced regulation simply externalizes the costs to the public ― and that the people who live in the shadow of power plant smokestacks, in particular, pay the price.
—
Connor Giffin,
Louisville Courier Journal,
20 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smokestacks
Noun
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Its tendency to rapidly reproduce, forming dense colonies on underwater surfaces, can clog pipes, pumps and critical water infrastructure while disrupting local ecosystems.
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Because Paris’ existing sewers, built during Haussmann’s 19th-century modernization of the city, combine rainwater and wastewater in the same pipes, heavy rain has always sent the overflow straight into the river.
Noun
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With no 6 pips dominoes, my best guess was this would need four 5 pip tiles and one 4 pip tile to complete.
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The tiles form pentagonal arrangements, yet pentagons can’t fit snugly side by side to tile the plane.
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“Smokestacks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smokestacks. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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