chimney

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Recent Examples on the Web And newer chimneys have metal liners, which the birds can’t cling to. Deena Prichep, NPR, 14 Sep. 2024 This gargantuan cloud propelled a chimney of smoke into the stratosphere, as high as 10 miles up. Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 21 July 2024 There may be different things stuck onto the castle, but as long as there’s the mouth and the eyes and the chimneys, then people just perceive it as the same thing. Michaela Zee, Variety, 28 Sep. 2024 Astronomers have spotted an absolutely colossal cosmic chimney that stretches as far as 140 Milky Ways lined up side by side. New Atlas, 19 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for chimney 
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Noun
  • Catch up quick: Capturing the carbon from the flues of plants, like gas, coal and ethanol, and storing it underground (called CCS) has long been technically but not economically feasible, and in development.
    Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The dog owner told GMA her apartment's leak was caused by a bird's nest sitting in the flue of her building's gas water heater.
    Brenton Blanchet, Peoplemag, 12 July 2024
Noun
  • There was a basketball and pickleball court and a miniature golf course by the smokestack.
    Michael Goldstein, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
  • Demolition of the old Trenton Channel power plant smokestacks, which DTE Energy had said as recently as Monday afternoon had been planned for Friday, has been delayed until later in March.
    Frank Witsil, Detroit Free Press, 26 Feb. 2024
Noun
  • Use sealant or expanding foam to fill in gaps where pipes or wires enter the home.
    Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2024
  • These devices—and the system of pipes, tubes, and ductwork that deliver the enriched air—start around $30,000, and can run well north of $250,000.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 16 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Clean Out Air Vents And Ducts Our home’s ventilation is only as good as the air vents and ducts are clean.
    Lauren Wicks, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2024
  • Breast density measures the amount of fatty tissue compared to other tissue that makes up muscles and milk ducts, called fibroglandular tissue.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2024

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“Chimney.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chimney. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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