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Recent Examples of shingle
Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2026
Reportedly shunned by festivals like Sundance and SXSW last year and ignored by distributors, this provocative chamber drama finally gets a theatrical release from a fledgling shingle, Obscured Releasing, this spring.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026
René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2026
What Kind Of Work Requires Permits? Most repairs and cosmetic updates don't require a permit, like painting walls, shingling your roof, replacing a faucet, or installing new bathroom tile.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
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Noun
The rooms Properties range from traditional two-story, three-bedroom villas with shingle roofs to modern hilltop residences that wouldn’t be out of place in Beverly Hills.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Apr. 2026
Reportedly shunned by festivals like Sundance and SXSW last year and ignored by distributors, this provocative chamber drama finally gets a theatrical release from a fledgling shingle, Obscured Releasing, this spring.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 2 Apr. 2026
Verb
And why his award-winning train station inspired by the one at the 1939 World's Fair in New York City stands out as much for its originality as for how every single stick and shingle in the basswood miniature is individual.
—René Guzman, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Feb. 2026
What Kind Of Work Requires Permits? Most repairs and cosmetic updates don't require a permit, like painting walls, shingling your roof, replacing a faucet, or installing new bathroom tile.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for shingle
Noun
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Mazzei explains that Il Caggio features a combination of factors ideal for Sangiovese, including altitudes between 1,050 and 1,150 feet, which ensure balanced ripening, and deep and well-drained clay, schist, and calcareous marl soils dotted with a type of sandstone that imparts intense minerality.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
14 Dec. 2025
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In Friuli Venezia Giulia, the soils are rich in marl and sandstone, locally referred to as ponca.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
Noun
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Penelope's first cut garnered more than 2 million likes on her Mom's Insta, making her chic bob debut an instant hit.—
Diane J. Cho,
PEOPLE,
27 Apr. 2026
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Speaking with Vanity Fair, the star stylist revisits Amélie Poulain’s memorable bob 25 years after its April 25, 2001 debut.—
Adèle Bari,
Vanity Fair,
26 Apr. 2026
Verb
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His time at City overlapped with that of the west London club’s co-director of recruitment and talent, Joe Shields, who worked for the Etihad Stadium side from 2013 to 2022.—
Cerys Jones,
New York Times,
25 Apr. 2026
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Specifically, nacre is composed of hexagonal crystals of aragonite, a kind of calcium carbonate that is also seen in limestone and that forms precisely into overlapping layers that resemble the brick-and-mortar structure of buildings.—
Caitlin Kennedy,
Scientific American,
25 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Some aren’t really worms but mosquito larvae, or detritus worms, but these are found in stagnant water, so would be unlikely to be in your lovingly tended birdbath.—
Joan Morris,
Mercury News,
27 Apr. 2026
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The National Park Service has carried out some renovations since then, and the pool is also periodically drained to scrub out algae, garbage, goose droppings and other detritus.—
Joe Walsh,
CBS News,
23 Apr. 2026
Verb
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Navy and white color-blocking sees the former color applied to patent leather overlays with contrast stitching, which stands out atop a white leather base.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
22 Apr. 2026
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Fears was one of the most vocal supporters of a $55 million general obligation bond approved by Independence voters last year, earmarked for rebuilding and overlaying streets around Independence.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The best topsoil is loose and loamy, consisting of equal amounts of sand, silt, and clay.—
Brandee Gruener,
Southern Living,
19 Apr. 2026
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The cemetery overlooks the scenic Loess Hills, created by windblown silt deposits that reach up to 200 feet high (about 61 meters) and line the river along the Iowa border for 200 miles (322 kilometers).—
ABC News,
ABC News,
17 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Born in a small town in southern China, Yang is among a new crop of young bicultural producers and directors facilitating the transfer of Chinese duanju to the rest of the world.—
Chang Che,
New Yorker,
25 Apr. 2026
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The soft fabric used for both the relaxed short-sleeve, V-neck top, and wide-leg crop pants lends this loungewear option a polished-but-comfy look moms can wear for everything from flights to dinner plans.—
Aashna Gheewalla,
PEOPLE,
25 Apr. 2026
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The researchers used high-resolution grinding tomography and an artificial intelligence model to find the fossils, which were located in rock samples that had been preserved in seafloor sediments found in Japan and Vancouver Island from 100 to 72 million years ago.—
Brie Stimson,
FOXNews.com,
24 Apr. 2026
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Excavation work to remove sediment is scheduled to begin on Monday, April 27.—
Victoria Le,
Oc Register,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Shingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingle. Accessed 1 May. 2026.
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