furnace
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You might go out to work and let the house cool down; then return home and fire up the furnace.
From BBC • Mar. 22, 2026
The company said in December that it would eliminate a third of its workforce, or about 1,000 jobs, as it shuttered production from its blast furnace and coke ovens and transitioned to electric-arc steelmaking.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026
And sometimes there has been a higher purpose to these arguments: occasionally, from the white-hot furnace of debate, truth can emerge.
From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026
They can do double-duty as both home heaters and AC units and are pretty good at maintaining a constant temperature inside a home without the blast-then-cool-off cycle typical of a furnace.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2026
Mom said a furnace was installed in our house the next year—the first for a house on our row.
From "October Sky" by Homer Hickam
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