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as in to overlap
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Recent Examples of shingle
Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 2 Mar. 2025
About 1 in 3 adults will have shingles at some point in their lives, and Acharya said that 10% to 20% of those cases will involve shingles of the eye.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Built in the 1950s, the wood shingled house was more of a summer cottage than a year-round residence.
—Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
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Noun
As if Oscars night wasn’t crazy enough, Harrison Ford has shingles.
—Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 2 Mar. 2025
About 1 in 3 adults will have shingles at some point in their lives, and Acharya said that 10% to 20% of those cases will involve shingles of the eye.
—Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 28 Mar. 2025
Verb
Its lush grounds include a historic houseboat, shingled windmill and the thousand-year-old Chinese sarcophagus containing some of Mahatma Gandhi’s ashes.
—Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2025
Built in the 1950s, the wood shingled house was more of a summer cottage than a year-round residence.
—Stacie Stukin, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shingle
Noun
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The vines are planted in limestone, marl, and clay soils and are situated with eastern and southeastern exposures at altitudes of 750 to 1,000 feet so grapes mature perfectly with the right balance of sugars, acid, and minerality.—
Mike DeSimone and Jeff Jenssen,
Robb Report,
14 Mar. 2025
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The region’s soil mixture of marl, clayey limestone, marine sandstone, and rough clay draws out Glera’s creamy texture and fresh peach notes, the wine’s signature aromatic characteristic.—
Paul Caputo,
Forbes,
30 Nov. 2024
Noun
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From the queen of the Christian Louboutin Kate heel to the poster girl for the Italian bob craze, Zendaya is constantly serving up fashion and beauty inspiration.—
Katharina Fuchs,
Vogue,
16 Apr. 2025
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Her glam included a blunt bob with a side part courtesy of stylist Jordan M, with makeup by Kirin Bhatty.—
Julia Teti,
Footwear News,
3 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Dire wolves did overlap with early humans at the end of the Ice Age, around 11,500 years ago, but humans had barely invented agriculture at that point, let alone begun building the cities and interstate highways that would encroach upon the natural world.—
Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
12 Apr. 2025
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As a result, grass pollen increasingly overlaps with the ragweed pollen season, which itself has been extended by more than three weeks in some parts of the country since 1995.—
Umair Irfan,
Wired News,
5 Apr. 2025
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The mood is a mix of ironic and sincere in equal measure, with plenty of pastiche and a heavy appreciation for the profundity of cultural detritus.—
Savannah Sobrevilla,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Harsh wind and high tides also bring summer detritus to the surface.—
Owen Thomas,
The Christian Science Monitor,
12 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Question 2 passes Nearly 61% of voters approved a $55 million bond issue earmarked for rebuilding and overlaying streets around Independence, with a dual focus on bridges and on sidewalks and streets near schools.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
9 Apr. 2025
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In that demo, Google showed the ability to overlay multiple windows, see an immersive view of Cape Town South Africa and play a 360-degree video of snowboarding.—
Ina Fried,
Axios,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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But their efforts were hampered by severe debris and silt buildup, which in some places was reportedly six to seven feet high.—
Ali Watkins,
New York Times,
24 Feb. 2025
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Search and rescue teams were at the scene on Friday using heavy military equipment and excavators to remove silt from the body of water where the vehicle was found on Wednesday.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At least beyond Cam Ward, there is no consensus on where each of this year’s crop of quarterbacks may get drafted.—
Derrik Klassen,
New York Times,
14 Apr. 2025
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Pick Three Jennifer Wilson on a new crop of murder mysteries.—
Helen Shaw,
New Yorker,
11 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Curiosity has traveled over 21 miles from its landing site since 2012, and has obtained multiple drill site samples from layers of Martian sediment beneath it.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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And the Hayman fire ripped through the forest surrounding much of Denver Water’s southern system — which supplies approximately 80% of the utility’s water — sending tons of sediment into pipes and reservoirs and making water delivery difficult.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Shingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingle. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.
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