chute

variants also shute

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of chute The most expensive tickets are $99 in sections 106-107 and 116-117, next to the chutes that hold the bulls before their rides. Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2025 Chair 10 accesses some of the most challenging terrain in Tahoe, with heart-pounding expert chutes and cliffs that test even the most skilled skiers and riders. Shelby Knick, Forbes.com, 11 Apr. 2025 Many skiers argue over the final number of chutes, since the book often describes areas that are home to multiple couloirs. Jake Stern, Outside Online, 25 Apr. 2025 Is now a good time to put a coal chute into my basement? Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chute
Recent Examples of Synonyms for chute
Noun
  • What started as a distant rumble grew into an earthquake-like tremor—a freight train of white water barreling toward them.
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2025
  • The river — a popular spot for white water rafting around this time of the year — is fast-moving and dangerous.
    Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 2 May 2025
Noun
  • At the Los Angeles video shoot, the then-quartet comprised of Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, LaTavia Roberson and LeToya Luckett worked with Darren Grant as director, Chris Maldonado and Eric Ferrell as makeup artists and Tina in charge of the group’s hair.
    Jack Irvin, People.com, 27 May 2025
  • Now step inside Nicole Kidman's Allure cover shoot: Shop all of our latest obsessions in one place!
    Jailynn Taylor, Allure, 26 May 2025
Noun
  • Yet the British press documented her life as the type of mother that millions of women could recognize: running barefoot in the mums’ race at a school sports day; riding the log flume with her children at a theme park; dropping the kids off at school, dressed in leggings and a baggy sweater.
    Air Mail, Air Mail, 10 May 2025
  • Braving a series of twists and turns while racing down the flume of a high-speed dueling water coaster? Sun Sentinel Dave Hyde: Ten April blunders tell why Dolphins don’t win in January For too much of a quarter-century, the Dolphins have been on the wrong side of either-or draft decisions.
    South Florida Sun Sentinel, Sun Sentinel, 9 Apr. 2025

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“Chute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/chute. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.

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