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furnace

[fur-nis] / ˈfɜr nɪs /


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Its condition is woeful—as the young woman owner explains, the photo spent years on top of the furnace in the basement of the family home.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 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

What better way to spend it than in the furnace of the Old Firm.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 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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