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shingle

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verb

as in to overlap

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Recent Examples of shingle
Noun
Outside, the home presents roofing composed of wood shake roofing / shingles materials. Bay Area Home Report, The Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2024 Simply walk up the hill into the city’s Old Town, past the Italian hot spot Osteria della Bottega, stop beneath the shingle marking the home of Akrivia and peer inside. Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 16 Dec. 2024
Verb
These early immigrants shingled their homes with alerce wood, giving the downtown its storybook aesthetic. Mark Johanson, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2024 Pour egg mixture over shingled bread in baking dish. Julia Levy, Southern Living, 23 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for shingle 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shingle
Noun
  • The region’s soil mixture of marl, clayey limestone, marine sandstone, and rough clay draws out Glera’s creamy texture and fresh peach notes, the wine’s signature aromatic characteristic.
    Paul Caputo, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • There are plenty of colors to choose from to suit all tastes, from practical grey marl to playful pink or festive plaid.
    Jessica Macdonald, Travel + Leisure, 12 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • From shock dye jobs to sculptural nail art, bobs (and more bobs), and trend-transcending makeup looks: each new week brings something for your Pinterest board and next nail appointment.
    Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 11 Jan. 2025
  • With the help of hairstylist Renato Campora, Gomez's wore her hair in a wavy bob inspired by icons Sofia Loren, Lauren Bacall, and Marilyn Monroe.
    Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 7 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • Both are known for their overlapping habitats and diets, leading to inevitable clashes.
    Melissa Cristina Marquez, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
  • Another is that they are envisioned to operate in teams, so that multiple robots can explore the same area in overlapping directions, reducing errors in the observation data.
    Shigeyuki Hando, WIRED, 8 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • This immersive documentary is a bracingly intimate and hallucinatory portrait of 67-year-old Lloyd, a man with schizophrenia surviving amidst urban detritus and decay.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 18 Dec. 2024
  • Shards of glass crack underfoot and rubble falls from above as people sweep away the damage from their flats, lobbing detritus off balconies.
    Tamara Qiblawi, CNN, 30 Nov. 2024
Verb
  • Club Dispersion Patterns: Users can view personalized club accuracy patterns overlaid on maps of golf holes within the Bushnell Golf app, providing clear visual indicators to guide club selection and course management decisions.
    Erik Matuszewski, Forbes, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The feline appears to hiss at the newcomers, according to another note overlaid on the clip.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 2 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The rush of water carried some silt and old algae with it, resulting in a temporary loss of water quality, a spokesperson for the Klamath River Restoration Corporation said.
    Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 2 Sep. 2024
  • After the Mary Rose came to rest at the bottom of a strait in the English Channel, a layer of silt cloaked the ship and the hundreds of crew who died on board.
    Ashley Strickland, CNN, 2 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • Some such costs relate to property, wages, crops, infrastructure, supply chains and travel, per the report.
    Sharon Udasin, The Hill, 8 Jan. 2025
  • And with 80 percent of the world’s almond crop grown in the Golden State, labor shortages have proven to be a perennial problem.
    Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The fishing will improve when the water warms and the sediment makes the water cloudy.
    Steve Waters, Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2025
  • Over the years, the construction of upstream dams has drastically reduced the amount of sediment reaching the delta, a vital component for land building.
    Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 10 Jan. 2025

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“Shingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingle. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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