: a rooflike cover extending over or in front of a place (as over the deck or in front of a door or window) as a shelter
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stayed under the awning outside the shop during the rainstorm
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Still in the awning are: Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for secretary of health and human services.
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Ivana Saric, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Most unusual feature: Solar panels discreetly concealed as retractable awnings and supporting pillars.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
Ushi sprints out of the gate with a rather long, comprehensive scroll of options that includes camping add-ons like pressurized 15- or 30-L water tanks, an awning, a sink faucet, a grill mount, a battery and plenty more.
—New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2024
Elsewhere in the city, a few surviving neon signs give way every year to cut-vinyl awnings, backlit fluorescent plexi, and most especially chains of single-color LEDs.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
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Ivana Saric, Axios, 13 Jan. 2025
Most unusual feature: Solar panels discreetly concealed as retractable awnings and supporting pillars.
—Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 23 Dec. 2024
Ushi sprints out of the gate with a rather long, comprehensive scroll of options that includes camping add-ons like pressurized 15- or 30-L water tanks, an awning, a sink faucet, a grill mount, a battery and plenty more.
—New Atlas, 15 Aug. 2024
Elsewhere in the city, a few surviving neon signs give way every year to cut-vinyl awnings, backlit fluorescent plexi, and most especially chains of single-color LEDs.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 17 Dec. 2024
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“Awning.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/awning. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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awning
noun
aw·ning
ˈȯn-iŋ 
ˈän-
: a cover (as of canvas) that shades or shelters like a roof
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