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mahogany

[muh-hog-uh-nee] / məˈhɒg ə ni /


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“All of our mothers’ furniture and grandmothers’ furniture is very hard to sell because it’s mahogany, it’s vintage,” Hall said.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 30, 2025

The guitar, a mahogany Gibson SG, was one Iommi said he had owned for a while and used at home.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Customers are increasingly being lured by brands like TimberTech, which dispense with wood altogether in favor of polyvinyl chloride patterned to resemble mahogany, teak, or hickory.

From Barron's • Nov. 7, 2025

She got her hair done—a cut just above the shoulder, a dark mahogany dye job and a blow out—at the facility’s prisoner-run salon where inmates can earn credit toward cosmetology certificates.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 12, 2025

As he peers at his reflection, I catch myself studying Nelson: his elbows darkened by use, his skin many tones of brown, like antique mahogany furniture.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver




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