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Recent Examples of firewood
Campfire S’mores balances notes of toasted marshmallow, melted chocolate, and smoky firewood—which capture that cozy and nostalgic summer feeling.
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Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2025
Aisha Aboud, 47, said her family returned to a former frontline town, only for her son, Kanaan Muhamad Kanaan, 18, to touch a tripwire while collecting firewood.
—Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Many low-income households in Paraguay still use firewood for heating.
—Elizabeth McBride, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
Five minutes in, the shrubs crackled as a stack of firewood on the side of the home — a common storage place for properties with wood-burning fireplaces — ignited.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
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Lauren Thomann, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2025
Aisha Aboud, 47, said her family returned to a former frontline town, only for her son, Kanaan Muhamad Kanaan, 18, to touch a tripwire while collecting firewood.
—Lynsey Addario, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
Many low-income households in Paraguay still use firewood for heating.
—Elizabeth McBride, CNN, 3 Mar. 2025
Five minutes in, the shrubs crackled as a stack of firewood on the side of the home — a common storage place for properties with wood-burning fireplaces — ignited.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 11 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for firewood
Noun
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In the short video, a giant mass of salmon — an uncountable number of fish — are stacked up like cordwood in the narrow stream.—
Dac Collins,
Outdoor Life,
15 May 2025
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Some of the early subscriptions to the Litchfield Independent were paid for with cordwood, farm produce or muskrat skins.—
Terry Shaw,
Twin Cities,
24 Apr. 2024
Noun
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Other examples include furniture made from local wood, and the resort’s private allotments, which provide fresh produce for the chefs to serve, including their own olive oil.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes.com,
9 July 2025
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Tiernan McKinney often works on guitar necks, while Kennedy himself has input along the way on design, wood type, color and the wicked inlays found from top to bottom of each piece.—
Otto Rabe,
The Enquirer,
9 July 2025
Noun
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The cost of building materials, lumber, concrete, and steel have spiked in recent years.—
Nick Langworthy,
New York Daily News,
3 July 2025
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Participants lift lumber at Trinity Teen Solutions in 2011.Courtesy Kelsie VanMeveren Trinity Teen Solutions also sued three women who’d criticized the ranch online in 2016 for defamation, in a case that settled without details being made public.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
12 June 2025
Noun
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His paws dangle over the side of a broken beam, with a metal wall at an odd angle behind him.—
Jen Christensen,
CNN Money,
11 July 2025
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In the first snap, Jack is up on his feet leaning into the wooden table as proud pop Justin beams at him from a seat on a couch.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
8 July 2025
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“Firewood.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/firewood. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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