billet
Example Sentences
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Hundreds of them marched — marched — down from Northern California to this new billet.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 6, 2024
The spot premium for low-carbon billet, a fabricated product often used in construction, has slid to zero from $30 a tonne in January, he said.
From Reuters • Dec. 17, 2022
“When he was here, we would go for drives and he would sing, he would dance, he would laugh,” said his billet mom, Kim Pagé.
From Washington Post • Dec. 9, 2021
One of the first things he did was inform his coaches and billet families from his time in Everett.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2021
“We don’t know. The regiment arrived yesterday and commandeered every billet, every scrap of food, and every ship in the town. They’d have had this boat, too, if you hadn’t taken it.”
From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.