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Recent Examples of sill
Police later found a silver revolver loaded with five bullets on the window sill, with its barrel pushed through the partially open window, according to the report.
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2025
One photo shared by CBS News Pittsburgh showed a shattered window, any showed claw marks by a different window sill.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 7 June 2025
Or start an herb garden on a window sill or grow a houseplant.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Like the vehicle’s scoops and spoilers, the dihedral doors don’t simply look dramatic but are purposeful in design, in this case aiding access by incorporating sections of the roof and sill.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025
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Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 14 May 2025
One photo shared by CBS News Pittsburgh showed a shattered window, any showed claw marks by a different window sill.
—Angel Saunders, People.com, 7 June 2025
Or start an herb garden on a window sill or grow a houseplant.
—Clarence Schmidt, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 May 2025
Like the vehicle’s scoops and spoilers, the dihedral doors don’t simply look dramatic but are purposeful in design, in this case aiding access by incorporating sections of the roof and sill.
—Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 9 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for sill
Noun
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His paws dangle over the side of a broken beam, with a metal wall at an odd angle behind him.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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Military radar systems, which are more like a lighthouse beam sweeping the sky, generate bursts of radiation with peak emissions reaching 1×10¹⁴ watts.—
Jamie Carter,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Noun
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Tiernan McKinney often works on guitar necks, while Kennedy himself has input along the way on design, wood type, color and the wicked inlays found from top to bottom of each piece.—
Otto Rabe,
The Enquirer,
9 July 2025
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Other examples include furniture made from local wood, and the resort’s private allotments, which provide fresh produce for the chefs to serve, including their own olive oil.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
Noun
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Emergency repairs began the following month, with work crews replacing dozens of broken or weakened braces that support the wooden structure.—
Jeff McDonald,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 July 2025
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Demand for new homes dropped to its lowest level in nearly three years last month, according to the latest data, as builders across the country brace for a significant slowdown in construction in the coming months.—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
Noun
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Clean up piles of footwear scattered across the floor and stay organized with a shoe storage cabinet.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
2 July 2025
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The Wall Street Journal wrote about how the robots are getting flipped over, stuck in snow piles and some students have been found to sit on them, or trip over them, when drinking.—
Phillip Molnar,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
Noun
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Steph Curry, having already unwrapped his thumb splint and taken off his ankle braces, asked for them back from the training staff in case Kerr wanted to go back to him.—
Anthony Slater,
New York Times,
1 May 2025
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Crucially, the muscles of stags that had been hunted to death contained higher levels of lactic acid, while deer from a slaughterhouse who had their limbs immobilized in a splint before their death had lower levels, suggesting that the acid was generated by physical exertion.—
Alex Hutchinson,
Outside Online,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Nadler was able to hold on to such a large stake by being its first seed investor, putting in some $10 million of his own money before raising any VC funding.—
Rashi Shrivastava,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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Earlier this month Haslam Sports Group sold a 10% stake in the Columbus Crew at a $900 million valuation.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
14 July 2025
Noun
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First up, Wu’s favorite sunscreen stick: The Abib Airy Sunstick Smoothing Bar is 30% off and one of the best she’s tried to date.—
Alanna Martine Kilkeary,
Glamour,
10 July 2025
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Officers were able to successfully deploy stop sticks before the Jeep continued onto I-95 North where police engaged in a pursuit until the area of Exit 64, police said.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
10 July 2025
Noun
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So the team that came on to bring us through post is a murderers’ row of talent.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
5 July 2025
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The episode came as the government was forced to U-Turn on cutting welfare benefits for millions of disabled people, after a rebellion from MPs that has raised questions over how long Reeves or even Prime Minister Keir Starmer might last in their posts.—
Oliver Eagleton,
Time,
5 July 2025
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“Sill.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sill. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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