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Recent Examples of steamer
Portable steamers and irons are bulky and require an outlet, time, and patience.
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Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Plus, leaving my portable steamer at home means extra space for souvenirs.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 4 July 2025
YouTube is making Connolly the steamer’s global head of media and sports.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Harris notes the large market for shower steamers with energizing scents that help people wake up.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 July 2025
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Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 15 July 2025
Plus, leaving my portable steamer at home means extra space for souvenirs.
—Emily Weaver, People.com, 4 July 2025
YouTube is making Connolly the steamer’s global head of media and sports.
—Alex Sherman, CNBC, 29 May 2025
Harris notes the large market for shower steamers with energizing scents that help people wake up.
—Matt Fuchs, Time, 10 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for steamer
Noun
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In 1860, Ingram died while sailing aboard the Lady Elgin, a steamship that sank after being hit by another vessel on Lake Michigan.—
Sarah Kuta,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 June 2025
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En route to Milwaukee, one of the steamships, the Sultana, lost 42 Essex Super Six cars and sedans overboard.—
Chris Foran,
jsonline.com,
3 July 2025
Noun
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The barge was being pushed from behind by a tugboat.—
Linda Robertson,
Miami Herald,
29 July 2025
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In time, the regulatory authority extended to the railroads’ competitors—barges and trucking, for example—giving them, too, the benefits of federal regulation.—
John C. Goodman,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
Noun
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The newest freighter on the Great Lakes, the MV Mark W. Barker, was launched in 2022.—
Cassidey Kavathas,
Freep.com,
31 July 2025
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But five days later, a passing Russian freighter rescued Cavanagh and a crewmate, Deborah Scaling.—
John Blake,
CNN Money,
13 July 2025
Noun
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The alternative would have been a full scrapping, which is what befell another Staten Island ferryboat, the Andrew J. Barberi.—
E. Tammy Kim,
New Yorker,
10 May 2025
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As a teenager, Ellen Dare Burling had an unusual summer job: Jumping off a moving ferryboat onto wooden piers, her arms filled with letters and packages destined for summer residents in their southern Wisconsin lake houses.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Vargas laid off a cutter in the dirt, running the count full.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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The comeback sinker to the righty, the slider, the cutter.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
19 July 2025
Noun
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Nassau had no men-of-war ships, and Trott’s stone fort was still a building site.—
Sean Kingsley,
Smithsonian Magazine,
2 Apr. 2024
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My hundred-and-forty-foot man-of-war sought to make the first mission to the South Pole, a feat that would bring pride to England.—
Mike O’Brien,
The New Yorker,
7 Nov. 2023
Noun
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Otherwise, most adult dogs don’t need a waterproof liner for their bed.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
23 July 2025
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The Royals put 146 more balls in play than their opponents, and the pluses were in the right places, on flies (+68) and liners (+62).—
Tony Blengino,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
Noun
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Air tankers dropped nearly 180,000 gallons of fire retardant on July 13 alone.—
Perry Vandell,
AZCentral.com,
14 July 2025
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Two single-engine air tankers based in Mesquite delivered fire retardant to assist with initial suppression efforts before dark, according to the report.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
11 July 2025
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“Steamer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/steamer. Accessed 5 Aug. 2025.
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