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of a pale yellow or yellowish brown color
the cheese maker told us that the best Parmesan cheeses are straw, not white, in color
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Recent Examples of straw
Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
The deal includes the soda machines, syrups, cups and straws, among other items.
—Tanasia Kenney, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
Lucky Benson, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
The nation's largest auto finance company has dropped its lawsuit against auto dealer Russ Darrow over loans to what turned out to be straw buyers of luxury vehicles destined for China via a con man's business.
—Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2018
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Noun
Pallets and straw were burned inside the buildings and safety lines put in place.
—Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 28 Jan. 2025
The deal includes the soda machines, syrups, cups and straws, among other items.
—Tanasia Kenney, Sacramento Bee, 27 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Inside the building’s stucco walls are straw bales, a material championed for its sustainability by Harrison and the artistic community who built the house.
—Lucky Benson, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2023
The nation's largest auto finance company has dropped its lawsuit against auto dealer Russ Darrow over loans to what turned out to be straw buyers of luxury vehicles destined for China via a con man's business.
—Bruce Vielmetti, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Apr. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for straw
Adjective
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The suspect was described as a tall man with dirty blond hair who was wearing black jeans, a black shirt and a black hoodie, police said.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
4 Feb. 2025
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Wearing a custom pastel blue JW Anderson gown with feathers and pearls and her signature blond hair in a cloud of curls, Carpenter, arrived at the Crypto.com Arena in downtown Los Angeles for the 67th Grammy Awards ceremony.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA TODAY,
3 Feb. 2025
Noun
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And after years of always getting a good test, the smoke and carbon monoxide alarms that were both hard-wired with battery back-ups in our home were no longer working.—
Jessica Lamker,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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Oscar wins has been seeing its chances go up in smoke.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
7 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In one bunk room for prison staff, this one completely burnt out, the small windows have inexplicably turned red.—
Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2025
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When Flora opened the door, Dani rushed in and fell on Flora’s bunk, dramatically throwing the flyers everywhere.—
Sheila Heti,
The New Yorker,
19 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Then there are also so many quintessential pop hits and Top 40 songs that blow it through the roof.—
Liza Lentini,
SPIN,
27 Dec. 2024
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While 143—now titled 1432—and the several singles that were spun off of the project are nowhere to be found on the charts in the United Kingdom at the moment, Perry does appear on multiple rankings in the country that focus only on popular songs.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes,
27 Dec. 2024
Noun
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Writing nonsense just to make word / article quotas.—
Harman Dayal,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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The Baltimore Sun owes Baltimore Ravens placekicker Justin Tucker a headline apology and let this nonsense go.—
Reader Commentary,
Baltimore Sun,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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But these will come to naught unless the government can see them clearly—and find the strength to take advantage of them.—
Robert M. Danin,
Foreign Affairs,
8 June 2016
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Scientists use a metric called the basic reproduction number or reproduction value — referred to as R0 and pronounced R naught — to rate how transmissible or contagious a disease is.—
Jessica Flores,
San Francisco Chronicle,
1 Aug. 2021
Noun
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Whatever trash isn’t recycled is trucked away, dumped into landfills and buried.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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City leaders are also increasing parking meter rates, extending trash collection fees and making other moves to raise revenues.—
Mariana Trujillo,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Feb. 2025
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Third, despite Trump’s claptrap, plenty of fresh delta water is being pumped south to fill fire hydrants and the tanks of firefighting aircraft.—
George Skelton,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Jan. 2025
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Many Red Sox fans have had it up to here with that building-for-the-future claptrap, so much so that expectations were scary low coming into the 2024 season.—
Steve Buckley,
The Athletic,
31 July 2024
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“Straw.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/straw. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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