chute

Example Sentences

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Here’s where economics will take a far-reaching hand, as public investors should note, given the spate of initial public offerings coming down the chute.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Food waste is not separated or recycled, but instead is put down the same chute.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

There are realms of adulthood I just can’t get to, because every time I climb a ladder of effort, I fall down a chute of impulsivity.

From Salon • Nov. 29, 2024

If he hadn’t put his hand in the mail chute, his fiancee might have stayed.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2024

The worst report card I’d ever gotten from Mountford Prep had three U’s for Unsatisfactory, and I threw that one down the garbage chute.

From Absolutely Almost by Lisa Graff