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shingle

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verb

as in to overlap

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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shingle
Noun
After one round, everyone has to exit. Doesn’t matter if the Chargers are hanging their shingle in Los Angeles or San Diego. Jay Paris, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025 Schiff hung a shingle on McNab Road in Tamarac, and then moved to University Drive, next to his parents’ music store. Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2025
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
  • The star's previously long brunette locks appear to have been cut into a soft, shoulder-grazing bob with plenty of volume.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 24 Jan. 2025
  • Everybody is going even shorter than the ever-trending bob in 2025.
    Daisy Jones, Vogue, 17 Jan. 2025
Verb
  • The 10-minute session — which will likely overlap with the Trump inauguration, in case anyone needs a timeout from that — reiterates Lynch’s longtime practice and belief in the methods of Transcendental Meditation.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 19 Jan. 2025
  • How Speaker Mike Johnson’s bond with Trump shapes GOP future How Trump's top administration picks reflect broad geographic diversity A politics pit stop Inauguration and MLK Day overlap for the third time ever.
    Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 19 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The musician and actor announced her engagement to Benny Blanco with a requisite Instagram carousel, featuring a manicured hand, a bucolic picnic set-up littered with Taco Bell detritus and champagne bottles, and a starry smile.
    Daniel Rodgers, Vogue, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Inside, concrete cells with white open bars were large enough to accommodate four people at most — but from the detritus appeared to have been crammed with dozens.
    Richard Engel, NBC News, 10 Dec. 2024
Verb
  • The photo chosen is one of Swift taking a selfie with the three members of the Wales family backstage at the arena, overlaid over a photo of Swift in full performance mode.
    Rachel Burchfield, People.com, 1 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • But because of all the silt and sand and gravel, the water moves very slowly, only about a foot a day – a mile in 15 years.
    Daniel Desrochers, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
  • 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
Noun
  • The league will look to its current crop of young talent — not only names like Victor Wembanyama, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Ja Morant and Luka Dončić, but Cunningham and Green among others.
    Kelly Iko, The Athletic, 21 Jan. 2025
  • All the beauty companies mulling IPOs this year will no doubt be studying 2024’s crop of mega-IPOs, which occurred even as other consumer staples began suffering.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 21 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • The scientists also found earlier studies of sediment layers from lakes in Germany’s Eifel region, noting that sunlight was greatly reduced around this time.
    Mindy Weisberger, CNN, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Unfiltered vinegar often has a cloudy appearance with sediment at the bottom of the bottle, and is likely to start changing in flavor, appearance, and acidity level after a bottle is opened.
    Annie Peterson, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2025

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“Shingle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shingle. Accessed 31 Jan. 2025.

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