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Recent Examples of stilt
From the comfort of the parking lot, guests can spot whimbrels, black-necked stilts and American oystercatchers, while the occasional black skimmer—a striking seabird that uses its lengthy lower bill to skim the water for prey—can be spotted as well.
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Perched atop hillsides or stilts, fire lookout towers are still effective at alerting officials of a potential blaze.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this grouping of about 40 homes on stilts was built in the mid-1800s using wood that washed up on shore from shipwrecks.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
While exposing the larvae to playback of recordings from the healthy nearby Tektite Reef, the researchers measured how many larvae settled onto a ceramic stilt within the cup during the first 24 hours.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
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Jared Ranahan, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Perched atop hillsides or stilts, fire lookout towers are still effective at alerting officials of a potential blaze.
—Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2025
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this grouping of about 40 homes on stilts was built in the mid-1800s using wood that washed up on shore from shipwrecks.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2025
While exposing the larvae to playback of recordings from the healthy nearby Tektite Reef, the researchers measured how many larvae settled onto a ceramic stilt within the cup during the first 24 hours.
—IEEE Spectrum, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stilt
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From 1875 to 1929 it was delineated by a simple circle outlined in chalk (hence the name), but today the circle is much more esteemed with presentation stands and roses planted in the shape of a horseshoe.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
29 Apr. 2025
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Massimo Dutti linen stand collar shirt $120 MASSIMO DUTTI Kallmeyer Clemence pleated cotton-blend twill barrel-leg pants $510 NET-A-PORTER With a Printed Maxi Dress and a Basket Bag One of our favorite ways to wear sneakers during the spring and summer?—
Cortne Bonilla,
Vogue,
29 Apr. 2025
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Kennerly said the framing is underway, and the roof trusses will be installed this week.—
Laura Kinsler,
The Orlando Sentinel,
3 May 2025
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Time stands still Back in the car, after crossing over the newer — technically 6.79-mile — Seven Mile Bridge, history buffs will find another impressive railroad ruin: the old steel truss Bahia Honda Bridge.—
Marnie Hunter,
CNN Money,
26 Apr. 2025
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Likely strut zones are green fields, food plots in the woods, and logging roads in open timber.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
1 May 2025
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The tent also features three-layer waterproof-breathable fabric walls, a foam mattress, a telescopic ladder, and automotive-grade gas struts from Stabilus.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Apr. 2025
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The Bears traded away a massive amount of draft currency, sending the 49ers a four-pack of picks — Nos. 3, 67 and 111 in that year’s draft plus a 2018 third-rounder — to slide up one peg to No. 2 on the draft board to draft Mitch Trubisky, a quarterback at North Carolina.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2025
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New York continually underperforms despite being a team that many peg to be contenders every season.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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“Stilt.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stilt. Accessed 13 May. 2025.
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