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iron

[ahy-ern] / ˈaɪ ərn /


NOUN
hard, ferrous metal
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Heavier elements, including carbon, iron, and silver, account for only 1.5 percent of its mass.

From Science Daily Jul. 25, 2026

"I've got to face off with my wife. I've got to iron when I get home. I've been away for six out of the last seven months", he said.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Hardwood floors run throughout the property, including in the bedrooms, save for the entryway which features a terracotta tile and a wrought iron staircase leading up to the second level.

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

Its setting is much older, a version of medieval Japan where humans are crafting iron into firearms and beasts can talk, but nobody wants to listen to each other.

From Salon Jul. 22, 2026

To set those charges, he carries the special tool of the blasting trade, his "tamping iron."

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

Tesla has “lots of irons in the fire” that could help shares move higher, Kallo said in a note to clients.

From MarketWatch Mar. 19, 2026

The five-time major winner from Northern Ireland switched to cavity-back irons for last December's Australian Open and two events this year in Dubai but is back to familiar equipment this week.

From Barron's Feb. 11, 2026

The ruling irons out recent judicial efforts to protect California convicts from what Associate Justice Goodwin H. Liu called “cascading consequences” of administrative debt.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 29, 2025

Shepard wrote prolifically and found himself with many white-hot irons in the American fire.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 28, 2025

The kitchen hearth was crowded with irons heating to press the tablecloths and serviettes.

From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson

Several thorny issues still need to be ironed out to bring a clear end to the conflict.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 15, 2026

During the Obama administration, it took over 20 months for the finer details of a deal on Iran's nuclear programme to be ironed out.

From BBC May 6, 2026

Some issues need to be ironed out for those plans to be commercially viable.

From MarketWatch Apr. 27, 2026

Honey and others ironed out the technical details of merging information from different agencies and crafted data-sharing contracts.

From Salon Apr. 14, 2026

So I would sit with her in the kitchen while she cooked or ironed and she would ask me to recite such and such a prayer and I would.

From "Bless Me, Ultima" by Rudolfo Anaya

Duchamp’s seeming disinterest often revealed itself to be something far more venomous, as when he fantasized about a nihilistic readymade: “Use a Rembrandt as an ironing board.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 12, 2026

First she mocked women with, “What am I, my husband’s servant? Picking up after him all the time, picking his undies off the floor, ironing his clothes? What am I, his servant?”

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

In this case, I can’t see how ironing out a few wrinkles and covering a rumpled duvet with a digital bedspread materially misrepresents your home.

From MarketWatch Apr. 3, 2026

Both are still ironing out the details of the agreement, with improved access to the European market for Australia's lamb and beef a key source of contention.

From Barron's Mar. 23, 2026

Tiny flecks of skin, parched from dry-cleaning clothes, ironing shirts, “heavy on the starch,” stand up searching for the moisture that was robbed day after day for eleven years.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na




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