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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ridgepoles
Noun
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In one photo, Kristoff is outside, surrounded by piles of excrement and a plastic doghouse.—
Rachel McRady,
People.com,
30 Dec. 2024 -
Letting the roast simmer for hours in a mixture of pickled jalapeño brine and fish sauce yields a fall-apart tangle of meat that’s wildly good on soft rolls or over piles of rice.—
Margaux Laskey,
New York Times,
30 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Built in 1944 and sitting on more than 2 acres, the home is surrounded by woods and perched on the top of a ridge.—
Joe Mutascio,
The Indianapolis Star,
24 Dec. 2024
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Not that this means that Baldwin is fully out of the legal woods.—
Dominic Patten,
Deadline,
23 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Image Since taking office a month ago, Mr. Trump has enacted a 10 percent tariff on imports from China and is poised in coming weeks to add wider import taxes of 25 percent or higher on cars, steel and aluminum, semiconductors, pharmaceuticals, and lumber.—
Alexandra Stevenson,
New York Times,
21 Feb. 2025
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Acceptable items for the site include leaves, grass clippings and wood, while unacceptable items include plastic bags, trash, lumber, soil or dirt, animal waste, rock and metal, according to the website.—
Noah Mitchell,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Ridgepoles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ridgepoles. Accessed 1 Mar. 2025.
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