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Recent Examples of wickiup
Part tipi, part wickiup, and influenced by many architectural styles, a round lodge can block wind, rain, cold, and sun.
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Popular Science, 28 May 2020
The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation.
—Popular Science, 28 May 2020
Popular Science, 28 May 2020
The wickiup is a bit like a small tipi made from poles, brush and vegetation.
—Popular Science, 28 May 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wickiup
Noun
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Pods, cabins, wigwams, huts, and treehouses are also available.—
Jim Dobson,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Its layout also ties the home to its earthly landscape; the living room is inspired by the Native American wigwam, with elements including a central fireplace and a hole in the top to let the smoke out.—
Chloe Arrojado,
AFAR Media,
15 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The whole thing creates a languorous atmosphere during the day, when the most action you might be seduced to take on is the walk to the massage hut for a tension-relieving rubdown.—
Chadner Navarro,
Vogue,
16 July 2025
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And women peering out of small wooden huts in epic Arctic wildernesses.—
James Rebanks
June 26,
Literary Hub,
26 June 2025
Noun
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Our five-day itinerary on Mount Desert Island was intended to recapture that magic, with visits to nearly every corner of Acadia, along with enough lobster shacks, pie stands, forest preserves, and coastal villages to fill an entire summer.—
Dinaw Mengestu,
Travel + Leisure,
16 June 2025
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A number of cottage industries in makeshift tin shacks have sprung up on a field next to the Levi's factory.—
Kate Bartlett,
NPR,
20 July 2025
Noun
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Her hogan, completed in 2020, is built out of juniper wood, bark, and sand.—
Evie Carrick,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Apr. 2025
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The school’s rodeo grounds are pocked with prairie dog holes, and roads to the mobile home park and hogans that house employees are mostly unpaved.—
Matt Krupnick,
ProPublica,
14 Oct. 2024
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But beginning with the Class of ’23, search sea shanties have been growing grimmer.—
Ryan Craig,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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The rousing shanty is already a knowing commentary on class and hypocrisy.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The motion picture world of today reminds me of Rio – opulent penthouses (big IP) on one side of the street, and hovels (independent movies) on the other.—
Bill Mechanic,
Deadline,
15 May 2025
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Ted Kaczynski, a brilliant but mentally troubled mathematician who had retreated years earlier to a remote hovel in Montana, had been arrested based on information from a tipster to the F.B.I., ending one of the longest and most expensive manhunts in American history.—
Serge F. Kovaleski,
New York Times,
29 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Viewers, Vigilantes, and the Science in Between Between scouting, hunting, and searching for sheds, Koleszar couldn’t tell you how many thousands of hours he’s spent on the national forests around Heber.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
31 July 2025
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Rushing outside, Garcia saw the small plane atop the remains of his neighbor’s shed.—
Sally Krutzig,
Idaho Statesman,
30 July 2025
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Those mattresses will be returned to the rental company at the end of training camp.—
Jesse Newell,
Kansas City Star,
29 July 2025
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At Tuesday’s sixth practice of training camp, the first one where players were thumping in pads, Robinson wore the orange jersey, spotlighting him as the practice player of the day.—
David Furones,
Sun Sentinel,
29 July 2025
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“Wickiup.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wickiup. Accessed 4 Aug. 2025.
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