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Recent Examples of ash
Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden.
Making firewood.
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Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Elsewhere in the Kardashian multiverse, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet went public with their relationship, kissing and cuddling in the VIP section with Chalamet ashing cigarettes into the crowd … have some more respect for both the artistry and Diana Ross’s lungs.
—Vulture, 5 Sep. 2023
For charcoal, ignite a large chimney of coals, let burn until lightly ashed over, then distribute the coals evenly over one side of the grill bed; open the bottom grill vents.
—Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden.
—Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2021
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Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 23 Dec. 2024
Elsewhere in the Kardashian multiverse, Kylie Jenner and Timothée Chalamet went public with their relationship, kissing and cuddling in the VIP section with Chalamet ashing cigarettes into the crowd … have some more respect for both the artistry and Diana Ross’s lungs.
—Vulture, 5 Sep. 2023
For charcoal, ignite a large chimney of coals, let burn until lightly ashed over, then distribute the coals evenly over one side of the grill bed; open the bottom grill vents.
—Christopher Kimball, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
Other ways to reuse the tree include: Burning the wood to ash your garden.
—Emily Deletter, The Enquirer, 27 Dec. 2021
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ash
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The company made the statement on Thursday as SpaceX has been de-orbiting and retiring hundreds of older Starlink satellites by plunging them back into the Earth’s atmosphere, which should incinerate the hardware.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
28 Feb. 2025
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Weeks after devastating fires incinerated large swaths of land in Los Angeles and left hundreds displaced, some of music's biggest names are stepping in to help.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
31 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Engage Your Senses In a shared office environment, playing loud music or lighting a scented candle is frowned upon.—
Kate Wieczorek,
Forbes.com,
29 Mar. 2025
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Think of those who sit in the dark and wait their turn, hoping and waiting for a light to light their path.—
Matt Minton,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
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Many human remains have been found at and around Stonehenge, most of them cremated and dating to the Neolithic era.—
Hannah Edgar,
ARTnews.com,
26 Feb. 2025
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In 2022, a lawyer representing Christe Chen's parents said their daughter's body was so badly damaged that she couldn't be embalmed for return to the U.S. and her remains were cremated.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
16 Dec. 2024
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This is particularly the case in healthcare, where a singular experience ignites a passion to fix a very real problem.—
Mark Francis,
Forbes.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Officials said both fires were ignited by human activity and neither were contained as of Monday night.—
ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Time,
26 Mar. 2025
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These innocuous-seeming actions can kindle dry vegetation, potentially spawning a wildfire.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Mar. 2025
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Why not just accept that this coastline is kindling and move on?—
Nancy Walecki,
The Atlantic,
18 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Schumer torched both Trump and the continuing resolution (CR) in an NYT op-ed explaining his decision but argued that Trump would only seize more power in a shutdown and distract attention from the policy failures that are hurting his popularity.—
Dave Lawler,
Axios,
15 Mar. 2025
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The four fires combined to torch about 600 acres across the Pine Barrens in Suffolk County, according to county executive Ed Romaine.—
Joseph Wilkinson,
Boston Herald,
9 Mar. 2025
Verb
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Smith stressed that no shots were fired during the incident.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
29 Mar. 2025
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On the last day of the season, when the apprentices had been winnowed from 16 to two, then-emcee Donald Trump fired Annie on national television in favor of the comedienne Joan Rivers.—
Richard Lederer,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
29 Mar. 2025
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The pair, who met as college undergrads, both burned with idealism and recognized their privilege could be leveraged for a game-changing idea.—
Carole Horst,
Variety,
13 Sep. 2023
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The Ellen MacArthur Foundation promotes circular fashion and says that, in the United States, an amount of clothing equal to a garbage truck is ferried to landfills or burned every second.—
Neeti Mehra,
Treehugger,
13 Sep. 2023
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“Ash.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ash. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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