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Recent Examples of stovepipe
A couple of cute guys sported Pierrot pajamas and a slouchy golden-beige sweater over a black linen kilt; an hourglass black jacket—its waist nipped as if someone had inhaled in shock—came with stovepipe pants with scrunched hems; a downtown Degas tulle petticoat looked decidedly Black Swan-ish.
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Mark Holgate, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
These two foci have enabled the organization to help ameliorate the impact of the traditional stovepipes.
—Peter High, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
But these national stovepipes are a peacetime luxury.
—Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
On the way, one of them, a young soldier called Kyivstar—the name of Ukraine’s main telecommunications network—dropped a grenade down the stovepipe.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
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Mark Holgate, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2024
These two foci have enabled the organization to help ameliorate the impact of the traditional stovepipes.
—Peter High, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
But these national stovepipes are a peacetime luxury.
—Philip Zelikow, Foreign Affairs, 12 Dec. 2023
On the way, one of them, a young soldier called Kyivstar—the name of Ukraine’s main telecommunications network—dropped a grenade down the stovepipe.
—Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stovepipe
Noun
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According to a National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) study cited by Weather.com, despite a 17-minute lead time from the National Weather Service's warning, many residents delayed taking shelter because the tornado was rain-wrapped and did not resemble the classic funnel shape.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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Attribution models, funnel metrics, and partner dashboards aren’t optional anymore.—
Ron Shevlin,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Its caretakers had firefighting equipment, hoses and standpipes at the ready to draw water across different points of the property.—
Melissa Gomez,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Jan. 2025
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My favorite subject by far has been standpipes, those systems that supply water to a building in case of fire.—
James Barron,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Foose gave the classic Chrysler a modern suspension, dropped a new Hellcat Hemi engine under the hood, and everything mechanically is brand new.—
Kristin Shaw,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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All my phases and influences were there too: raver, goth-lite, sporty, hood and hippie.—
Julissa James,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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The satellites are fitted with custom six-band multispectral infrared cameras, designed to capture imagery suitable for machine learning algorithms to accurately identify wildfires – differentiating them from misleading objects like smokestacks.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Mar. 2025
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The problems caused by antitrust today extend far beyond those of the smokestack era.—
Clyde Wayne Crews Jr.,
Forbes,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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In a skit, Nadya dressed up as a Dominatrix while Gonzalez portrayed a baby, donning a diaper and bonnet with an adult-sized rattle in hand.—
Moná Thomas,
People.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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Mulberry silk bonnet that’s double-lined and large enough to comfortably collect my long hair and wrap around my head.—
Jennifer Hussein,
Allure,
11 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Pressure in some hillside fire hydrants fed by those mains dropped precipitously during the firestorm because so many hydrants were tapped at once.—
Thomas Elias,
The Mercury News,
17 Jan. 2025
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The red car that blocked the hydrant belongs to a 27-year-old woman who later turned up at the scene with a 6-year-old child.—
Leonard Greene,
New York Daily News,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Her father, wearing a gray beret, an orange shirt and what appeared to be gray slacks, came on screen and mouthed the next bridge of the song.—
Ingrid Vasquez,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Everyone is almost always wearing berets and striped shirts, while extras roam the streets in mime makeup.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
2 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Peels can create a huge mess in the drainpipes down the road.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
6 Apr. 2025
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Wet coffee grounds can easily clog your drainpipes, leading to costly repairs.—
Mary Cornetta,
Better Homes & Gardens,
26 Mar. 2025
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“Stovepipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stovepipe. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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