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roofing

[roo-fing, roof-ing] / ˈru fɪŋ, ˈrʊf ɪŋ /


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And some features that had previously been eliminated needed to be returned to the home, including original roofing, porches and even light switches.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

I then obtained estimates from three roofing companies.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Yet residents who have cautiously returned to Nabatieh have expressed dismay at the huge damage Israel inflicted on the city's neighbourhoods and its famed market, where the roofing had collapsed and shops were devastated.

From Barron's Jun. 15, 2026

The combination will bring together QXO’s leading positions in roofing, waterproofing, lumber-related building materials, and associated products with TopBuild’s insulation capabilities.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 20, 2026

And everybody knows Jordie’s family runs the only roofing business in town.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

The emphasis in U. S. industry has shifted from production to distribution, and a distribution expert should be able to function with equal facility whether he is distributing Montgomery Ward merchandise or Johns-Manville roofings.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up 15% were sales of big makers of asphalt roofing, asbestos roofings and sidings, cement, gypsum products, insulating lines, other building materials.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Germans had repaired bomb damage with their usual nimbleness, had covered vital pipelines and machinery with massive roofings of concrete.

From Time Magazine Archive

Shelters were built, with panellings and roofings of corrugated iron.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Louis Creswicke

Fireproof roofings and projecting party walls also retard the spreading of conflagrations.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 460, October 25, 1884 by Various




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