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Recent Examples of slab
Marilyn Levine was an exceptional ceramicist who built detailed useful objects — shoes, garments and accessories (backpacks, handbags) — from useless slabs of fired clay.
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
The hotel was built in textile-block slab construction developed by Wright, according to the hotel website.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024
Fortunately, the slab’s historic importance was eventually recognized and preserved.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Onyx slabs resembling marbled cake highlight the bathroom, which includes a steam shower and French limestone floors.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
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Christopher Knight, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
The hotel was built in textile-block slab construction developed by Wright, according to the hotel website.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024
Fortunately, the slab’s historic importance was eventually recognized and preserved.
—Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 18 Dec. 2024
Onyx slabs resembling marbled cake highlight the bathroom, which includes a steam shower and French limestone floors.
—Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for slab
Noun
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New for the era is the brass ingot on the front quarter panel.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
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Li-Cycle currently sells the former metals to companies like Glencore, which make them into ingots.Vince Beiser, WIRED, 30 Nov. 2024
Noun
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What exactly is that thin strip of land separating Colorado from Texas?Bill Chappell, NPR, 20 Dec. 2024
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The output of this test is a strip with a series of bands that indicate how the pathogen reacts to different medications.IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 19 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Despite the slender beam, the overall space, both inside and outside, is generous.Howard Walker, Robb Report, 30 Dec. 2024
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This Oetker icon will reopen in spring 2025, following an 18-month renovation that went down to the beams.Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2024
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Instead of tying up Greig’s stick, Stanley pushed off of Greig and left him space to make his play.Murat Ates, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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Even seemingly harmless food like corn husks and celery sticks can mess with the garbage disposal because the strands can tangle around the blades.Julia Mitchem, Architectural Digest, 30 Dec. 2024
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“Slab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/slab. Accessed 6 Jan. 2025.
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